Development and convergent validity of new self-administered questionnaires of active transportation in three African countries: Kenya, Mozambique and Nigeria

BMC Public Health - Tập 18 Số 1 - 2018
Vincent Onywera1, Richard Larouche2, Adewale L. Oyeyemi3, António Prista4, Kingsley Akinroye5, Sylvester Heyker6,1, George Evans Owino7, Mark S. Tremblay8
1Department of Recreation Management and Exercise Science, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
2Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada
3Department of Physiotherapy, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria
4Physical Activity and Health Research Group, Research Center on Physical Activity and Sports, Universidade Pedagogica, Maputo, Mozambique
5Nigerian Heart Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria
6Department of Leisure and Event Management, The Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
7Department of Sociology, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
8Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada

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