The healthy afterschool activity and nutrition documentation instrument.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Policies call on afterschool programs to improve the physical activity and nutrition habits of youth attending. No tool exists to assess the extent to which the afterschool program environment meets physical activity and nutrition policies.

Purpose

To describe the development of the Healthy Afterschool Activity and Nutrition Documentation (HAAND) instrument, which consists of two subscales: Healthy Afterschool Program Index for Physical Activity (HAPI-PA) and the HAPI-Nutrition (HAPI-N).

Methods

Thirty-nine afterschool programs took part in the HAAND evaluation during fall/spring 2010-2011. Inter-rater reliability data were collected at 20 afterschool programs during a single site visit via direct observation, personal interview, and written document review

SUBMITTER: Ajja R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3432570 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature