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Kann, Laura; Brener, Nancy D.; Wechsler, Howell – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: The School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) 2006 is the largest, most comprehensive assessment of school health programs in the United States ever conducted. Methods: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducts SHPPS every 6 years. In 2006, computer-assisted telephone interviews or self-administered mail…
Descriptors: Health Services, Comprehensive School Health Education, Health Promotion, Health Programs
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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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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