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Jones, Sherry Everett; Smith, Alisa M.; Wheeler, Lani S.; McManus, Tim – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: To determine whether schools with a formal indoor air quality management program were more likely than schools without a formal program to have policies and practices that promote superior indoor air quality. Methods: This study analyzed school-level data from the 2006 School Health Policies and Programs Study, a national study of…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Climate Control, Ventilation, School Health Services
Brener, Nancy D.; Demissie, Zewditu; Foti, Kathryn; McManus, Tim; Shanklin, Shari L.; Hawkins, Joseph; Kann, Laura – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011
This report summarizes 2010 Profiles data. For each middle or high school that was sampled, the principal and the lead health education teacher (i.e., the person most knowledgeable about health education at the school) each completed a self-administered questionnaire. This report presents information from 47 states, 19 cities, 4 territories, and 2…
Descriptors: Comprehensive School Health Education, Health Programs, Profiles, Institutional Characteristics
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Balaji, Alexandra B.; Brener, Nancy D.; McManus, Tim – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: To identify whether school health policies and programs vary by demographic characteristics of schools, using data from the School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) 2006. This study updates a similar study conducted with SHPPS 2000 data and assesses several additional policies and programs measured for the first time in SHPPS…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Catholics, Health Programs, White Students
Eaton, Danice K.; Kann, Laura; Kinchen, Steve; Shanklin, Shari; Flint, Katherine H.; Hawkins, Joseph; Harris, William A.; Lowry, Richard; McManus, Tim; Chyen, David; Whittle, Lisa; Lim, Connie; Wechsler, Howell – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012
Problem: Priority health-risk behaviors, which are behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among youth and adults, often are established during childhood and adolescence, extend into adulthood, and are interrelated and preventable. Reporting Period Covered: September 2010-December 2011. Description of the…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Urban Schools, High School Students
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Brener, Nancy D.; Kann, Laura; McManus, Tim; Stevenson, Beth; Wooley, Susan F. – Journal of School Health, 2004
This study analyzed data from the School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) 2000 to examine the relationship between school health councils and selected school health policies and programs. SHPPS 2000 collected data from faculty and staff in a nationally representative sample of schools. About two-thirds (65.7%) of US schools have school…
Descriptors: Health Programs, School Policy, School Health Services, Faculty
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Kyle, Tonja M.; Brener, Nancy D.; Kann, Laura; Ross, James G.; Roberts, Alice M.; Iachan, Ronaldo; Robb, William H.; McManus, Tim – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: The School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) 2006 examined 8 components of school health programs: health education, physical education and activity, health services, mental health and social services, nutrition services, healthy and safe school environment, faculty and staff health promotion, and family and community…
Descriptors: Health Services, Physical Education, Health Education, Health Promotion
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Brener, Nancy D.; Jones, Sherry Everett; Kann, Laura; McManus, Tim – Journal of School Health, 2003
Analyzed data from the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2000 to assess the relationship between school demographics and school health policies and programs, linking interviews with school faculty and staff to extant data on school characteristics. The presence of most policies and programs differed according to school type, urbanicity,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Food Service, Health Programs
Grunbaum, Jo Anne; Di Pietra, Jennifer; McManus, Tim; Hawkins, Joseph; Kann, Laura – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005
In 1995, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with state and local education and health agencies, developed the School Health Profiles (Profiles) to measure health education practices and some school health policies. Using input from education and health agencies, Profiles evolved to provide a more comprehensive…
Descriptors: High Schools, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Profiles, Prevention