Table 1.
Parental feasibility towards implementation of drop-off spots
| School | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| All (n = 216) | Suburban (n = 56) | Urban (n = 160) | |
| % agree | % agree | % agree | |
| Benefits 1 | |||
| Implementing a drop-off spot will be beneficial to children’s health | 78.9 | 80.0 | 78.5 |
| Children will enjoy the intervention | 57.5 | 71.4a | 52.5 |
| Children will have more social contact because of the intervention | 89.7 | 92.7 | 88.6 |
| I will save time when a drop-off spot will be implemented | 68.3 | 45.5a | 76.5 |
| Barriers 2 | |||
| Weather | 58.3 | 64.3 | 56.3 |
| Lack of time | 34.7 | 19.6 | 40.0 |
| Environment 1 | |||
| Only a kiss and ride space should be available when implementing a drop-off spot | 75.4 | 83.6 | 72.4 |
| There should be green space in the surroundings of the drop-off spot | 78.9 | 75.9 | 80.0 |
| There should be no busy road in the surrounding of the drop-off spot | 91.9 | 96.4 | 90.4 |
| The drop-off spot should be separated from the road (not only on sidewalk just next to the road) | 95.2 | 92.5 | 96.1 |
| It is necessary that children do not have to cross over along the route from the drop-off spot to school | 87.0 | 90.7 | 85.7 |
| The location of the drop-off spot should be on the route to parent’s work | 90.8 | 83.0 a | 93.5 |
| Use | |||
| Is adult supervision necessary when arriving at the drop-off spot? | |||
| Never | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Sometimes | 13.7 | 14.3 | 13.5 |
| Often | 9.0 | 8.9 | 9.0 |
| Always | 76.4 | 76.8 | 76.3 |
| Is adult supervision necessary during the route to school? | |||
| No | 4.2 | 8.9 | 2.6 |
| Yes, for all children | 45.8 | 42.9 | 46.8 |
| Yes, but only for youngest children (6-9 years) | 50.0 | 48.2 | 50.6 |
| When (time of the day) would you use a drop-off spot? | |||
| Never | 6.2 | 9.3 | 5.1 |
| Only before school | 15.2 | 13.0 | 16.0 |
| Only after school | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Before and after school | 72.9 | 72.2 | 73.1 |
| When (time of the year) would you use a drop-off spot? | |||
| Never | 35.0 | 31.5a | 36.2 |
| Entire school year | 30.0 | 24.1a | 32.2 |
| Spring/Summer | 29.1 | 42.6a | 24.2 |
| Autumn/Winter | 5.9 | 1.9a | 7.4 |
1scored on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from totally disagree to totally agree (% of response options ‘rather agree + totally agree’ shown in table).
2scored yes/no (% of response option ‘yes’ shown in table).
asignificantly different from urban school.