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Jonathan Langner; Krista Langston; Ally Mrachek; Bonnie Faitak; Pamela Martin; Alexa Cueto; Jennifer L. Clampitt; Christopher R. Long; Amy Bartow; Susan Bodey; Pearl A. McElfish – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Nutrition plays a vital role in children's physical and emotional health. More than half of school age children's calories are provided in the school food environment, making school interventions an opportunity to address child nutrition. Methods: The Creating Health Environments for Schools (CHEFS) program is designed to leverage…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Health Promotion, Public Schools, Dining Facilities
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Lamia, Tamara L.; Lowry, Garry F.; McLees, Anita W.; Frazier, Cassandra M.; Young, Andrea C. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2021
The flexibility federal block grants provide recipients poses challenges for evaluation. These challenges include aggregating data on wide-ranging activities grant recipients implement and the outcomes they achieve. In 2014, we began designing an evaluation to address the challenges of assessing outcomes and to improve outcome accountability for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Grants, Program Evaluation, Health Services
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Caitlin Donald; Kavita Rajani; Michelle Singer; Megan Skye; Stephanie Craig Rushing; Allyson Kelley; Brittany Morgan; Tosha Zaback; Thomas Becker; William Lambert – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
Culturally-adapted evidence-based programs (EBPs) are needed to promote healthy behaviors among Native teens and young adults. Little is known about the facilitators and barriers of implementing and sustaining EBPs in Native communities. This paper aims to identify those factors described by educators who implemented the Native Students Together…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Sustainability, Summer Programs, Decision Making
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Liao, Li-Ling; Liu, Chieh-Hsing; Chang, Fong-Ching; Cheng, Chi-Chia J.; Niu, Yu-Zhen; Chang, Tzu-Chau – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: Taiwan has advocated health-promoting schools (HPS) since 2001 and established the Health-Promoting School Supporting Network (HPSSN) in 2005 to offer administrative support and consultation. Respondents' opinions about HPSSN and the relationship between these perceptions and HPS implementation were examined. Methods: In 2011, 800…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
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Thornton, L. Jay; Johnson, Sharon – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
This paper describes the prevalence and characteristics of employee wellness programs in public community colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). A random sample of 250 public community colleges accredited by SACS was mailed a 46-item employee-wellness program survey. The survey solicited program information…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Health Education, Physical Education, Health Promotion
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Becker, Craig; Rager, Robin C.; Wright, Fred Egbert – American Journal of Health Education, 2013
Background: To improve global health, the workforce capacity of health promotion professionals must be strengthened through the provision of competencies necessary to deliver effective programs. Purpose: This study provides an updated analysis of the validity of the worksite health promotion (WHP) professional competencies developed in 2000 by the…
Descriptors: Online Surveys, Participant Satisfaction, Health Promotion, Competence
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Saunders, Edward; Sabri, Bushra; Huberman, Barbara; Klaus, T. W.; Davis, Laura – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2011
The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify significant external and internal challenges that state organization leaders face in promoting science-based teen pregnancy prevention programs within their states. The state organization administrators were chosen because their organizations were funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Prevention, Pregnancy, Interviews