This paper on school-based physical activity and health behaviors among adolescent students is grounded in the public health literature, various psychosocial theories, and the coordinated school health ecology model. I address three areas: 1) psychosocial influences on youth physical activity patterns, 2) youth physical activity patterns, and 3) comprehensive school health programming (healthy and active schools). I provide an overview and illustrative examples for each section from my own work.
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Steven H. Kelder, Grace Goc Karp, Philip W. Scruggs, and Helen Brown
Is there anything more important than the health, well-being and education of a nation’s children? This paper takes the position that school is the most important place to educate children about health and to develop lifelong health promoting skills. We believe that health promotion programs and activities are integral to the school’s educational program, not as extracurricular, but as central to school’s educational mission. In this chapter, we highlight the importance of physical education and physical activity as key components of a well-designed coordinated school health program. We also outline the skills that PE teachers must learn to take a leadership role in the school health movement.
Kahyun Nam, Pamela H. Kulinna, Shannon C. Mulhearn, Hyeonho Yu, Janelle M. Griffo, and Aaron J. Mason
promotion, Lohrmann ( 2010 ) model had several advantages and, therefore, was used in this study. First, it illustrates possible mechanisms for coordinated school health programs to facilitate changes. Second, the model has added the wellness/health coordinator, coordinating council (e
Michelle E. Jordan, Kent Lorenz, Michalis Stylianou, and Pamela Hodges Kulinna
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Kent A. Lorenz, Hans van der Mars, Pamela Hodges Kulinna, Barbara E. Ainsworth, and Melbourne F. Hovell
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Tan Zhang, Anqi Deng, and Ang Chen
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Gabriella M. McLoughlin, Kim C. Graber, Amelia M. Woods, Tom Templin, Mike Metzler, and Naiman A. Khan
facilitators to sustaining school health teams in coordinated school health programs . Health Promotion Practice, 18, 418 – 427 . PubMed ID: 27095036 doi:10.1177/1524839916638817 10.1177/1524839916638817 Doolittle , S.A. , & Rukavina , P.B. ( 2014 ). Case study of an institutionalized urban
Catherine P. Abel-Berei, Grace Goc Karp, Marcis Fennell, Elisa Drake, and Simon Olsen
were collected. The goals of the PEP grant were written specifically for this particular school district. The goals included (a) redesign and strengthen the wellness committee and fully implement a coordinated school health program; (b) implement PE curriculum and activity breaks that increase quantity
Markel Rico-González
K , Giger JN , Norris K , Suro Z . Impact of a nurse-directed, coordinated school health program to enhance physical activity behaviors and reduce body mass index among minority children: a parallel-group, randomized control trial . Int J Nurs Stud . 2013 ; 50 ( 6 ): 727 – 737 . doi:10
