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Evaluation of the Healthy Schools Program: Part I. Interim Progress

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  • Journal Article:
    Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
  • Personal Author:
    Beam, Margaret ; Ehrlich, Ginny ; Donze Black, Jessica ; Block, Audrey ; Leviton, Laura C.
  • Description:
    Introduction ; Federal and state policies identify schools as a setting to prevent childhood obesity, but schools need better health-promoting strategies. The objective of this study was to evaluate interim progress in schools receiving hands-on training from the Healthy Schools Program, the nation's largest school-based program aimed at preventing childhood obesity. The 4-year program targets schools with predominantly low-income, African American, or Hispanic students. ; Methods ; In 2010 we assessed schools that enrolled in the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 school years. School representatives completed an inventory of 8 content areas: policy and systems, school meals, competitive foods and beverages, health education, physical education, physical activity outside of physical education, before- and after-school programs, and school employee wellness. schools' baseline inventory was compared by t test with the most recent inventory available. ; Results ; Schools made significant changes in all content areas, and effect sizes were moderate to large. ; Conclusion ; Participating schools improved environmental policies and practices to prevent childhood obesity. The program is a resource to implement recent federal and state policies.
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  • Source:
    Prev Chronic Dis. 2012; 9.
  • ISSN:
    1545-1151
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
    United States
  • Location:
    North America
  • Volume:
    9
  • Download URL:
    https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19806/cdc_19806_DS1.pdf
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    Filetype[PDF - 150.00 KB]
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    Preventing Chronic Disease
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