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Cost-Effectiveness of 2 Support Models for a Healthy School Initiative
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Finster, Matthew P.; Feldman, Jill – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: In school year (SY) 2014-2015, 128 schools in 24 districts and 14 states were randomly assigned to receive either onsite or online support to implement a school-based wellness program. The objective of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness (CE) of the 2 models of implementation support: onsite and online. Methods: We adapted…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Models, Health Programs, Program Implementation
Evidence-Based Interventions Are Necessary but Not Sufficient for Achieving Outcomes in Each Setting in a Complex World: Empowerment Evaluation, Getting to Outcomes, and Demonstrating Accountability
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Wandersman, Abraham; Alia, Kassandra; Cook, Brittany S.; Hsu, Lewis L.; Ramaswamy, Rohit – American Journal of Evaluation, 2016
Many evaluations of programs tend to show few outcomes. One solution to this has been an increasing prominence of the movement that requires programs to implement evidence-based interventions (EBIs). But in a complex world with complex organizations and complex interventions, many challenges have arisen to the implementation of EBIs with fidelity…
Descriptors: Intervention, Evidence Based Practice, Accountability, Outcome Measures
Incorporating Physical Activity Into the Schools Using a 3-Tiered Approach
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Fedewa, Alicia L.; Candelaria, Ashley; Erwin, Heather E.; Clark, Teresa P. – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: Public health models have been used to address a number of school-based concerns, notably in the identification and treatment of students at-risk for academic or behavioral deficits. Significant benefits are associated with this model as, compared to a traditional approach, the focus is shifted from remediation to prevention, and from…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, School Activities, Health Programs, Public Health
Healthy Schools Initiative: Implementation Study in Four San Mateo County School Districts
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Westrich, Lisa; Sanchez, Monika; Strobel, Karen; Duong, Nina – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2012
The Sequoia Healthcare District (SHD), in collaboration with four local school districts--Belmont-Redwood Shores School District (BRSSD), Redwood City School District (RCSD), San Carlos School District (SCSD), and Sequoia Union High School District (SUHSD)--launched the Healthy Schools Initiative (HSI) in August 2010. This three-year initiative is…
Descriptors: Health Programs, School Districts, Wellness, Program Implementation
Moving from Theory to Practice: Implementing the Kin Keeper[superscript SM] Cancer Prevention Model
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Williams, K. P.; Mullan, P. B.; Todem, D. – Health Education Research, 2009
This paper presents the rationale and findings of a feasibility and process study of the Kin Keeper[superscript SM] Cancer Prevention Intervention. An observational cohort study design was implemented with African-American women in synergistic female family relationships. Community health workers (CHWs) from two Michigan public health programs…
Descriptors: Females, Prevention, Focus Groups, Health Programs
Mariner Model: Charting the Course for Health-Promoting School Communities
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Hoyle, Tena Bostrom – American School Health Association (NJ3), 2007
The Mariner Model provides a step-by-step systems-building process and tool by which schools, school districts, and communities can develop capacity and create an infrastructure that supports continuous improvement in health-promoting environments for children. The Mariner Model follows a public health program planning development model that is…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Learning Readiness, Health Programs, Public Health
Integrating a Family Planning Program with a County Health Department Based Maternal and Child Health Program.
Malinoski, Angela; Gressman, John W. – 1986
This paper provides a description and analysis of the development, implementation, and continuing framework of practice for a model of comprehensive, coordinated maternal and child health programs in which traditional maternal and child health services are provided by a local county health department while family planning and related services are…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Children, Family Planning, Health Programs