Citation

Everett Jones S, Brener ND, McManus T. Am. J. Public Health 2003; 93(9): 1570-1575.

Affiliation

Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA. sce2@cdc.gov

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12948982

PMCID

PMC1448012

Abstract

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 features, room for improvement exists. Resources are available to

help schools improve their health-promoting policies, programs, and

facilities.