The Impact of School Wellness Policies
This project developed a school wellness policy progress score for schools participating in the BALANCE study and looked at the association of the school’s wellness policy progress on postpartum teen’s weight, dietary intake, and physical activity level.
Project staff
Principal Investigator: Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD
Co-investigator: Michael Elliott, PhD
Research Team: Rebecca Schermbeck, MPH, MS, RD; Scoie Green, MPH; Cindy Schwarz, MPH,MS,RD, Byron Yount, PhD
Graduate Research Assistants: Elizabeth Budd, Monique Norfolk, Jamie Phillips
Project Partners
Project Dates: 2008-2009
Funding Source
National Institutes of Health
Publications
Budd, E.L., Schwarz, C.D., Yount, B.W., Haire-Joshu, D. Factors Influencing the Implementation of School Wellness Policies in the United States, 2009. 2012. Preventing Chronic Disease. 9:E118
Haire-Joshu, D., Yount, B.W., Budd, E.L., Schwarz, C.D., Schermbeck, R., Green, S., Elliott, M. The Quality of School Wellness Policies and Energy-balance Behaviors of Adolescent Mothers. 2011. Preventing Chronic Disease. 8(2):A34
Presentations
Budd, E.L., Yount, B.W., Schwarz, C.D., Elliott, M., Haire-Joshu, D. Accountability is Related to Higher Implementation Ratings of Local School Wellness Policies. Society of Behavioral Medicine. Washington DC. (July, 2011)
Haire-Joshu, D.,Elliott, M., Schermbeck, R., Schwarz, C.D. Are School Wellness Policies Associated with Weight and Related Behaviors Among Postpartum Teens? Weight of the Nation Conference, Washington DC. (July, 2009)