Student Involvement in Wellness Policies: A Study of Pennsylvania Local Education Agencies
Autor: | Lamis Jomaa, Elaine McDonnell, Leif Jensen, Elaine Weirich, Terryl J. Hartman, Claudia Probart |
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Rok vydání: | 2010 |
Předmět: |
Adolescent
Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Nutrition Education Medicine (miscellaneous) Student engagement Child Nutrition Sciences Nutrition Policy Nursing Outcome Assessment Health Care Health care Humans Obesity Child Students Socioeconomic status Health policy Medical education Schools Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Health Policy Teaching Community Participation Food Services Pennsylvania Logistic Models Health promotion Community health Educational Status Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena business Psychology Goals Inclusion (education) |
Zdroj: | Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 42:372-379 |
ISSN: | 1499-4046 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jneb.2009.07.012 |
Popis: | Objective Explore student-involvement goals in local wellness policies (LWPs) of local education agencies (LEAs) in Pennsylvania (PA) and investigate associations with LEA characteristics. Design An observational study that helped examine student-involvement goals. Setting Public PA LEAs. Participants LWPs submitted by 539 PA public LEAs. Main Outcome Measures Six student-involvement goals analyzed as dependent variables. Correlations between demographic and policy characteristics of LEAs and student-involvement goals were measured. Analysis Policies developed by LEAs were abstracted and analyzed. Logistic regression models were developed to analyze relationships between student-involvement goals and the demographic and policy characteristics of LEAs. Results Majority of LEAs included policy goals that address student involvement in an array of activities related to wellness policy, food service, and role modeling. Regression models showed that LEAs with comprehensive and strong policies were most likely to include student-involvement goals regardless of LEA location, enrollment, or socioeconomic status of students. Conclusions and Implications Student engagement in school nutrition policies has been shown to increase student acceptance in an array of health-related areas and is therefore promising in the area of obesity prevention. Comprehensiveness and rigor of LWPs were strongly correlated with the inclusion of student-involvement goals on LWPs. The upcoming reauthorization of the Child Nutrition programs in 2010 creates a good opportunity to address student involvement in LWPs. |
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