Implementation of nutrition and physical activity-related policies and practices on college campuses participating in the Healthier Campus initiative.
| Autor: | Hatfield, Daniel P., Sharma, Shanti, Bailey, Caitlin P., Bakun, Peter, Hennessy, Erin, Simon, Caitlin, Economos, Christina D. |
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SCALE analysis (Psychology)
STUDENT health services HUMAN services programs RESEARCH funding UNIVERSITIES & colleges HEALTH policy INTERVIEWING HEALTH DESCRIPTIVE statistics SURVEYS ATTITUDES of medical personnel HEALTH behavior RESEARCH methodology HEALTH promotion SOCIAL support DATA analysis software NUTRITION PHYSICAL activity |
| Zdroj: | Journal of American College Health; May/Jun2024, Vol. 72 Issue 4, p1192-1199, 8p |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: To evaluate implementation of nutrition/physical activity-related policies/practices at colleges participating in a healthy campus initiative and campus health leaders' perceptions of policies/practices' support for student health and ease of/barriers to implementation. Participants: Health leaders at colleges participating in the Healthier Campus Initiative (HCI), with completed or ongoing three-year HCI commitments. Methods: Surveys asked which of 41 guidelines were implemented and perceptions around support for student health and ease of/barriers to implementation. Qualitative interviews explored similar domains. Results: Campuses with completed HCI commitments (n = 17) averaged 27.6 guidelines implemented, versus 21.1 on campuses with commitments ongoing (n = 13; p = 0.003). Perceived support for student health and implementation ease varied by guideline. Common implementation barriers included financial costs and time. Interviews largely reinforced these findings. Conclusions: Completion of a campus environmental change initiative may be associated with more health-supporting practices. Campuses may benefit from implementing coordinated policy/practice changes supporting healthy eating and physical activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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