Reliability of the 2020 School Health Profiles Principal and Lead Health Education Teacher Questionnaires

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• Alternative Title:
  J Sch Health
• Personal Author:
  Jones, Sherry Everett ; Brener, Nancy D. ; Queen, Barbara ; Hershey-Arista, Molly ; Harris, William ; Underwood, J. Michael
• Description:
  BACKGROUND:
  
  School Health Profiles assesses school health policies and practices among US secondary schools.
  
  METHODS:
  
  The 2020 School Health Profiles principal and teacher questionnaires were used for a test-retest reliability study. Cohen’s kappa coefficients tested the agreement in dichotomous responses to each questionnaire variable at 2 time points. The aggregate prevalence estimates between time 1 and time 2 were compared for each questionnaire item via overlapping 95% confidence intervals. Chi-square tests examined whether the prevalence at time 2 differed between paper and web administration for both questionnaires.
  
  RESULTS:
  
  For the principal (N = 50) and teacher (N = 34) data, there were no significant differences in the prevalence of any items between time 1 and time 2. For the principal survey, the mean kappa for 191 variables was 0.49. For the teacher survey, the mean kappa for 260 variables was 0.65. Overall, 60.7% of principal and 91.1% of teacher questionnaire items had at least “moderate” reliability.
  
  CONCLUSIONS:
  
  School Health Profiles offers education and health agencies a reliable tool to monitor school policies and practices.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Educational Status Health Education Humans Reproducibility Of Results Schools Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Policy Practice Reliability School Health Profiles
• Source:
  J Sch Health. 94(5):395-405
• Pubmed ID:
  38278775
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11354318
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  94
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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