Bigger ? Better: The Comprehensiveness and Strength of School Wellness Policies Varies by School District Size

Autor/inn/en	Meendering, Jessica; Kranz, Emily; Shafrath, Tara; McCormack, Lacey
Titel	Bigger ? Better: The Comprehensiveness and Strength of School Wellness Policies Varies by School District Size
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 86 (2016) 9, S.653-659 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12419
Schlagwörter	Wellness; Barriers; Board of Education Policy; Rural Schools; Health Promotion; Child Health; Statistical Analysis; Coding; Nutrition; Physical Fitness; Scores; School District Size + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well being; Well-being; Wohlbefinden; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Statistische Analyse; Codierung; Programmierung; Ernährung; Leistungsfähigkeit; School district; School districts; Size; Schuleinzugsbereich
Abstract	Background: District size has been shown to impact the anticipated barriers to wellness policy creation and implementation. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to determine if strength and comprehensiveness of wellness policies differs among school districts of varying size. Methods: Wellness policies were collected from 10 large, 29 medium, and 31 small school districts in a rural Midwest state. District size was categorized by the average daily membership in grades 9-11. Polices were coded using the Wellness School Assessment Tool (WellSAT). Strength and comprehensiveness of the full policy and policy sections were compared among small, medium, and large districts using 1-way analyses of variance (ANOVAs). Data are presented as mean ± SD. Statistical significance was set at p = 0.05. Results: There was a difference in the total combined (p = 0.041), total comprehensiveness (p = 0.043), and total strength scores (p = 0.031) based on school district size, such that small districts had stronger, more comprehensive wellness policies than large districts. Section comparisons revealed the section focused on Standards for United States Department of Agriculture School Meals was primarily responsible for these differences. Conclusions: These data suggest smaller districts write policies that are more comprehensive to governmental standards and use more definitive language than larger districts. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01