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Improved Body Mass Index Measures Following a Middle School-Based Obesity Intervention--The MATCH Program
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Lazorick, Suzanne; Fang, Xiangming; Hardison, George T.; Crawford, Yancey – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: Motivating Adolescents with Technology to CHOOSE Health™ (MATCH) is an educational and behavioral intervention in seventh grade. Methods: Teachers in 2 schools delivered the MATCH curriculum, with 1 control school. Using a quasi-experimental design, outcome measures included lessons completed, body mass index (BMI), BMI z-score (zBMI),…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Body Weight, Early Adolescents, Grade 7
Evidence-Based Research on the Value of School Nurses in an Urban School System
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Baisch, Mary J.; Lundeen, Sally P.; Murphy, M. Kathleen – Journal of School Health, 2011
Background: With the increasing acuity of student health problems, growing rates of poverty among urban families, and widening racial/ethnic health disparities in child and adolescent health indicators, the contributions of school nurses are of increasing interest to policymakers. This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of school nurses on…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Quasiexperimental Design, School Nurses, Child Health