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Prevalence of School Policies, Programs, and Facilities That Promote a Healthy Physical School Environment

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  • Jones, S.E.
  • Brener, N.D.
  • McManus, T.

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Objectives. We examined the extent to which schools in the United States have health-promoting policies, programs, and facilities. Methods. We analyzed data from the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2000. Results. We found that public schools (vs private and Catholic schools), urban schools (vs rural and suburban schools), and schools with larger enrollments (vs smaller schools) had more health-promoting policies, programs, and facilities in place. On average, middle schools had 11.0 and middle/junior and high schools had 10.4 out of a possible 18 policies, programs, and facilities. Conclusions. Although some schools had many healthy physical environment feature, room for improvement exists. Resources are available to help schools improve their health-promoting policies, programs, and facilities.

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  • Jones, S.E. & Brener, N.D. & McManus, T., 2003. "Prevalence of School Policies, Programs, and Facilities That Promote a Healthy Physical School Environment," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 93(9), pages 1570-1575.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2003:93:9:1570-1575_1
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    1. Jie Yin & Yameng Jing & Dapeng Yu & Mingwu Ye & Yuhan Yang & Banggu Liao, 2019. "A Vulnerability Assessment of Urban Emergency in Schools of Shanghai," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-12, January.

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