Wellness School Assessment Tool Version 3.0: An Updated Quantitative Measure of Written School Wellness Policies

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Schwartz, Marlene B. ; Piekarz-Porter, Elizabeth ; Read, Margaret A. ; Chriqui, Jamie F.
• Description:
  Schools play an important role in promoting student wellness. As directed by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, the US Department of Agriculture updated the requirements for written school wellness policies in 2016. The WellSAT (Wellness School Assessment Tool) is an online tool that provides a quantitative score for wellness policy comprehensiveness and strength. The WellSAT has been updated 3 times over the past decade to remain current with federal law and best practices. In this article, we describe the process of updating to WellSAT 3.0. The steps included: reviewing the language of each item linked to a federal provision; adding and deleting items based on frequencies from the National Wellness Policy Study and the empirical support for specific policies; gathering feedback from a survey of experts (N = 77) about best practices and measure usability; and establishing intercoder reliability in a national sample (N = 50) of policies. We conclude with recommendations and guidance for the use of WellSAT 3.0.
• Subjects:
  Tools for Public Health Practice
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 2020; 17
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  32614770
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7367066
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  17
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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