Factors contributing to a school's decision to apply for the California Instructional School Garden Program.

Autor: Hazzard EL; Department of Nutrition, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA., Moreno E, Beall DL, Zidenberg-Cherr S
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of nutrition education and behavior [J Nutr Educ Behav] 2012 Jul-Aug; Vol. 44 (4), pp. 379-83. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Jan 10.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2011.08.001
Abstrakt: Objective: To compare the applicant schools (AS) to non-applicant schools (NAS) residing in the same school districts for the California Instructional School Garden Program and identify barriers to the application process.
Methods: A case-control, cross-sectional study design was used to compare resources and school environments. Pearson chi-square and logistic regression were conducted.
Results: Public schools throughout California participated (n = 1,662). The response rates for AS and NAS were 43.2% and 48.2%, respectively. Applicant schools had greater access to garden coordinators and parent/community volunteers dedicated to school gardens, and they had other sources of funds/grants to support school gardens compared to NAS (P < .001).
Conclusions and Implications: Access to certain garden resources played a significant role in predicting whether schools would decide to participate in the California Instructional School Garden Program.
(Copyright © 2012 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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