The Whole-of-School Approach to Physical Activity: Findings From a National Sample of U.S. Secondary Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The IOM recommends schools adopt a Whole-of-School (WOS) approach--one that is comprehensive, coordinated, and provides opportunities for students to be active before, during, and after school. This study examined, in a nationally representative sample of secondary students in the conterminous U.S., (1) the degree of implementation of a WOS approach and (2) the association between WOS implementation and student physical activity.

Methods

A WOS index--based on six school practices--was calculated using self-reported school administrator data gathered in 2010 and 2011 (N=1,031). Student-level data were obtained from nationally representative samples of eighth-, tenth-, and 12th-grade students during the same years (eighth grade, nschools=96, nstudents=3,689; tenth

SUBMITTER: Colabianchi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4546850 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature