Facilitators to Promoting Health in Schools: Is School Health Climate the Key?

Autor/inn/en	Lucarelli, Jennifer F.; Alaimo, Katherine; Mang, Ellen; Martin, Caroline; Miles, Richard; Bailey, Deborah; Kelleher, Deanne K.; Drzal, Nicholas B.; Liu, Hui
Titel	Facilitators to Promoting Health in Schools: Is School Health Climate the Key?
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 84 (2014) 2, S.133-140 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12123
Schlagwörter	Health Behavior; Eating Habits; Educational Environment; Barriers; Budgets; Food; Nutrition Instruction; Wellness; School Policy; Student Behavior; Middle School Students; Low Income Groups; Case Studies; Interviews; Administrator Attitudes; Allied Health Personnel; Qualitative Research; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Finanzhaushalt; Lebensmittel; Nutrition education; Ernährungserziehung; Well being; Well-being; Wohlbefinden; Schulpolitik; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	Background: Schools can promote healthy eating in adolescents. This study used a qualitative approach to examine barriers and facilitators to healthy eating in schools. Methods: Case studies were conducted with 8 low-income Michigan middle schools. Interviews were conducted with 1 administrator, the food service director, and 1 member of the coordinated school health team at each school. Results: Barriers included budgetary constraints leading to low prioritization of health initiatives; availability of unhealthy competitive foods; and perceptions that students would not eat healthy foods. Schools had made improvements to foods and increased nutrition education. Support from administrators, teamwork among staff, and acknowledging student preferences facilitated positive changes. Schools with a key set of characteristics, (presence of a coordinated school health team, nutrition policies, and a school health champion) made more improvements. Conclusions: The set of key characteristics identified in successful schools may represent a school's health climate. While models of school climate have been utilized in the educational field in relation to academic outcomes, a health-specific model of school climate would be useful in guiding school health practitioners and researchers and may improve the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving student dietary intake and other health behaviors. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10