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schoolbased physical activity pa interventions including school active transportation provide opportunities increase daily pa levels improves fitness reduces risk diseases type 2 diabetes based communityidentified need kahnawake schools diabetes prevention project within indigenous community undertook school travel planning contribute pa programming two elementary schools using communitybased participatory research active safe routes schools school travel planning stp process undertaken two schools stpcommittee comprised community stakeholders researchers stp activities adapted local context including school profile form family survey inclass travel survey pedestriantraffic observations walkability checklist student mapping stp data jointly collected analyzed interpreted researchers community trafficpedestrian observations walkability parent surveys identified key pedestriantraffic locations helped develop safedirect routes traffic calming strategies inclass travel mapping surveys identified need student desire increase school stpcommittee translated findings stpaction plans two schools implemented 20142015 school year combining cbpr stp merges community researcher expertise project offered evidenceinformed practice active living promotions experience findings could benefit indigenous nonindigenous communities