SHPPS 2006
State-level Summaries Introduction
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State-level Summaries
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducts the School
Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) periodically to monitor the
extent to which school health policies and practices are addressing the
leading causes of death, illness, and social problems among young people and
adults. SHPPS 2006 assessed the characteristics of school health policies
and programs at the state, district, school, and classroom levels
nationwide. This report summarizes state-level responses only.
The CDC conducted SHPPS 2006 between January and October 2006. To collect
state-level data, the CDC conducted computer-assisted telephone interviews
with state education agency personnel, although 16% of state-level
questionnaires were completed as paper questionnaires and returned via mail.
All 50 states and the District of Columbia participated. (For details about
how the district-, school-, and classroom-level data were collected, see
www.cdc.gov/shpps.) After states
completed their interviews in 2006 and a draft of this report was compiled
in 2007, each state was asked to update, verify, and correct the original
data. This new information was added to this report but not to the original
SHPPS 2006 data files. As a result, the data in this document might vary
slightly from the data reported in other SHPPS 2006 publications.
In this report, the SHPPS findings are presented in 94 tables organized
into seven sections. These sections correspond to seven of the eight
components described in Allensworth and Kolbe’s model of school health
programs.i
- Health education.
- Physical education and activity.
- Health services.
- Mental health and social services.
- Healthy and safe school environment.
- Nutrition services.
- Faculty and staff health promotion.
The eighth component, family and community involvement, was not assessed
at the state level and therefore is not included.
Each table contains state-by-state information in an easy-to-read format.
For most tables, a simple yes/no format—using circle symbols—indicates
whether a state has a particular policy or practice. In some tables, these
circle symbols are used to indicate whether states require or recommend
certain policies or procedures. In other tables, the symbols indicate other
types of responses (e.g., education level). Thus, the meaning of these
symbols is not uniform across tables. Each table also contains footnotes
that give the exact wording of the questions that states were asked.
We hope that you find this information useful. Additional information
about SHPPS can be found in a special issue of the Journal of School
Healthii and at the SHPPS website at
www.cdc.gov/shpps.
i Allensworth DD, Kolbe LJ. The comprehensive school health
program: exploring an expanded concept. Journal of School Health
1987;57(10):409–412.
ii Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. School Health
Policies and Programs Study 2006: a summary report. Journal of School
Health 2007;77(8).
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