Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ377117
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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Parent Involvement with Children's Health Promotion: The Minnesota Home Team.
Perry, Cheryl L.; And Others
American Journal of Public Health, v78 n9 p1156-60 Sep 1988
Compares the efficacy of a school-based health program to an equivalent home-based program with 2,250 third grade students in Minnesota. Students in the school-based program had gained more knowledge at posttest; however, students in the home-based program evidenced more psychosocial and dietary behavior change. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Children, Elementary School Students, Health Activities, Health Education, Health Needs, Health Programs, Home Instruction, Nutrition, Nutrition Instruction, Parent Participation, Physical Health, Policy Formation, Program Development, Program Effectiveness, Public Health, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Minnesota
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