Noreen McDonald

Summary

Affiliation: University of North Carolina
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Critical factors for active transportation to school among low-income and minority students. Evidence from the 2001 National Household Travel Survey
    Noreen C McDonald
    Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 3140, USA
    Am J Prev Med 34:341-4. 2008
  2. ncbi The effect of objectively measured crime on walking in minority adults
    Noreen C McDonald
    Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 317 New East Building, CB 3140, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3140, USA
    Am J Health Promot 22:433-6. 2008
  3. ncbi Does the built environment affect when American teens become drivers? Evidence from the 2001 National Household Travel Survey
    Noreen McDonald
    Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 317 New East Building CB 3140, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 3140, USA
    J Safety Res 40:177-83. 2009
  4. ncbi Influence of the social environment on children's school travel
    Noreen C McDonald
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 317 New East Bldg, CB 3140, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3140, USA
    Prev Med 50:S65-8. 2010
  5. ncbi Reliability and validity of the Safe Routes to school parent and student surveys
    Noreen C McDonald
    Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3140, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:56. 2011
  6. ncbi U.S. school travel, 2009 an assessment of trends
    Noreen C McDonald
    Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
    Am J Prev Med 41:146-51. 2011
  7. ncbi Active transportation to school: trends among U.S. schoolchildren, 1969-2001
    Noreen C McDonald
    City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    Am J Prev Med 32:509-16. 2007
  8. ncbi Urban sprawl and miles driven daily by teenagers in the United States
    Matthew J Trowbridge
    Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine and Center for Applied Biomechanics, School of Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
    Am J Prev Med 34:202-6. 2008

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Critical factors for active transportation to school among low-income and minority students. Evidence from the 2001 National Household Travel Survey
    Noreen C McDonald
    Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 3140, USA
    Am J Prev Med 34:341-4. 2008
    ..g., Safe Routes to School and the CDC's KidsWalk programs). However, little research has looked at differences in behavior across racial/ethnic and income groups...
  2. ncbi The effect of objectively measured crime on walking in minority adults
    Noreen C McDonald
    Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 317 New East Building, CB 3140, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3140, USA
    Am J Health Promot 22:433-6. 2008
    ..Evaluate the relationship between neighborhood crime and the amount of daily walking by minority adults...
  3. ncbi Does the built environment affect when American teens become drivers? Evidence from the 2001 National Household Travel Survey
    Noreen McDonald
    Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 317 New East Building CB 3140, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 3140, USA
    J Safety Res 40:177-83. 2009
    ..Motor vehicle crashes are the most common cause of death for American adolescents. However, the impact of where teens live on when they begin driving has not been studied...
  4. ncbi Influence of the social environment on children's school travel
    Noreen C McDonald
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 317 New East Bldg, CB 3140, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3140, USA
    Prev Med 50:S65-8. 2010
    ..To analyze the association between parental perceptions of the social environment and walking and biking to school among 10-14-year-olds...
  5. ncbi Reliability and validity of the Safe Routes to school parent and student surveys
    Noreen C McDonald
    Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3140, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:56. 2011
    ..Over 65,000 tallies and 374,000 parent surveys have been completed, but no published studies have examined their measurement properties...
  6. ncbi U.S. school travel, 2009 an assessment of trends
    Noreen C McDonald
    Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
    Am J Prev Med 41:146-51. 2011
    ..The White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity has set a goal of increasing walking and biking to school by 50% within 5 years. Meeting the goal requires a detailed understanding of the current patterns of school travel...
  7. ncbi Active transportation to school: trends among U.S. schoolchildren, 1969-2001
    Noreen C McDonald
    City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    Am J Prev Med 32:509-16. 2007
    ..Despite this attention, there has been little documentation of trends in school travel over the past 30 years or analysis of what has caused the changes in mode choice for school trips...
  8. ncbi Urban sprawl and miles driven daily by teenagers in the United States
    Matthew J Trowbridge
    Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine and Center for Applied Biomechanics, School of Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
    Am J Prev Med 34:202-6. 2008
    ..Teen driver fatality rates per mile driven are significantly higher than adults, making the identification of environmental influences on travel behavior particularly important in this age group...