School policies, built environment and practices for non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention and control in schools of Delhi, India.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess school policies, built environment and practices for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in schools of Delhi, India.

Methods

School built environments and policies were assessed using a structured observation checklist in 10 private and 9 government schools which were randomly selected from all 184 co-educational schools with primary to senior secondary level education in Delhi, India. A self-administered questionnaire was also completed by teachers from each school (n = 19) to capture information specific to school policies. Surveys were also conducted with parent of students in class II (aged 6-7 years; n = 574) and student in class XI (aged 15-16 years, n = 755) to understand school practices.

Results

The majority of government (

SUBMITTER: Bassi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6472740 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature