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Applying the School Health Index to a Nationally Representative Sample of Schools
- Source :
- Journal of School Health. 76:57-66
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2006.
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Abstract
- The School Health Index (SHI) is a self-assessment and planning tool that helps individual schools identify the strengths and weaknesses of their health policies and programs. To determine the percentage of US schools meeting the recommendations in the SHI, the present study analyzed data from the School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) 2000. The SHPPS 2000 data were collected through computer-assisted personal interviews with faculty and staff in a nationally representative sample of schools. The SHPPS 2000 questions were then matched to SHI items to calculate the percentage of schools meeting the recommendations in 4 areas: school health and safety policies and environment, health education, physical education and other physical activity programs, and nutrition services. Although schools nationwide are meeting a few SHI items in each of these areas, few schools are addressing the entire breadth of items. A more coordinated approach to school health would help schools reinforce health messages.
- Subjects :
- Male
Program evaluation
medicine.medical_specialty
Index (economics)
Adolescent
Nutritional Sciences
Primary education
Health Promotion
Education
Physical education
Interviews as Topic
Humans
Medicine
Child
Health Education
School Health Services
Medical education
Physical Education and Training
business.industry
Teaching
Food Services
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Organizational Policy
United States
Philosophy
Health Care Surveys
Family medicine
Female
Health education
Guideline Adherence
Safety
Computer-mediated communication
School health
business
Strengths and weaknesses
Program Evaluation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17461561 and 00224391
- Volume :
- 76
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of School Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4a43eb35f5648664550b1b5b764b2d4c