Author:

• Mauren Lopes de Carvalho - Carvalho, M.L. - Niterói, RJ - Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em Desastres (CEPED/FIOCRUZ) e Fundação para o Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico em Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <maurencarvalho@yahoo.com.br>

Co-author(s):

• Carlos Machado de Freitas - Freitas, C.M - Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em Desastres (CEPED/FIOCRUZ) e Centro de Estudos da Saúde do Trabalhador e Ecologia Humana/Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <carlos.freitas@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6626-9908

Thematic Area:

Saúde e Ambiente

Abstract:

The search for healthier cities and citizens contributes to the strengthening of public politics aiming the bicycle as a means of transportation in different countries, offering benefits to the well being but it may also increase the risk of accidents. This review has the aim to analyze the scientific production related to cycling as a means of transportation and public health. PubMed, LILACS and SciELO were the chosen databases used in the research, with 66 complete articles selected. The results show that the concern with this theme is recent, especially in developing countries. The most recurrent topics by the researchers were: traffic safety, public policies and the effects of the cycling in one´s health. We concluded that the standard for using the bicycle as a means of transportation happens in a very heterogeneous form, but with potentially higher impacts in developing countries where the inclusion of this theme in the research agendas related to the promotion of activity transport, health and traffic safety is urgent.

Keywords:

Health promotion injuries accident prevention environmental health

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