Effective elements of school health promotion across behavioral domains: a systematic review of reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most school health education programs focus on a single behavioral domain. Integrative programs that address multiple behaviors may be more efficient, but only if the elements of change are similar for these behaviors. The objective of this study was to examine which effective elements of school health education are similar across three particular behavioral domains.

Methods

A systematic review of reviews of the effectiveness of school-based health promotion programs was conducted for the domains of substance abuse, sexual behavior, and nutrition. The literature search spanned the time period between 1995 and October 2006 and included three databases, websites of review centers and backward search. Fifty-five reviews and meta-analyses met predetermined relevance a

SUBMITTER: Peters LW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2702385 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature