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Alternative Title:
J Sch Nurs
Personal Author:
Sliwa, Sarah A. ; Brener, Nancy D. ; Lundeen, Elizabeth A. ; Lee, Sarah M.
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Description:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that schools adopt 10 safeguards before launching a body mass index (BMI) screening program; however, little is known about schools' safeguard adoption. Authors identified questions from the 2014 School Health Policies and Practices Study that aligned with 4 of the 10 safeguards to estimate safeguard prevalence among schools that screened students for BMI (40.7%, | = 223). Among these schools, 3.1% had all four safeguards and 56.5% had none or one. The most prevalent safeguard was having reliable and accurate equipment (54.1%, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [46.1, 62.1]). Providing staff with appropriate expertise and training was the least prevalent; respondents in 26.4% (95% CI [17.1, 35.6]) of schools received recent training on weight status assessment, weight management, and eating disorder identification. School-based BMI screening is common, but adopting multiple recommended safeguards is not. Absent these safeguards, BMI screening programs may fall short of intended outcomes and potentially incur unintended consequences.
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BMI
Health/wellness
Obesity
Policies/procedures
Screening/risk Identification

Source:
J Sch Nurs. 35(4):299-308
Pubmed ID:
29482425
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC6710833
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
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CDC Public Access
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