The Role of School Design in Shaping Healthy Eating-Related Attitudes, Practices, and Behaviors among School Staff

Autor/inn/en	Frerichs, Leah; Brittin, Jeri; Intolubbe-Chmil, Loren; Trowbridge, Matthew; Sorensen, Dina; Huang, Terry T.-K.
Titel	The Role of School Design in Shaping Healthy Eating-Related Attitudes, Practices, and Behaviors among School Staff
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 86 (2016) 1, S.11-22 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12347
Schlagwörter	Eating Habits; School Personnel; Barriers; Environmental Influences; Health Behavior; School Districts; Interviews; Pretests Posttests; Coding; School Policy; Wellness; Teacher Behavior; Behavior Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Schulpersonal; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; School district; Schulbezirk; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Codierung; Programmierung; Schulpolitik; Well being; Well-being; Wohlbefinden; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	Background: Schools have increasing responsibility to address healthy eating, but physical barriers influence their ability to adopt and sustain recommended strategies. We took advantage of a natural experiment to investigate the role of the physical environment in shaping healthy eating attitudes and practices among school staff members. Methods: A school district consolidated its elementary schools and incorporated architectural features to support healthy eating into a building renovation. Surveys along with structured, in-depth interviews were administered prior to and at 12 months postoccupancy. Paired t-tests and McNemar's tests were used to analyze changes in survey indices and interview data were coded for themes. Results: The school implemented new policies and programs, including staff wellness activities. There was a significant decrease in the percent of teachers with a high-fat diet (from 73.68% to 57.14%, p < 0.05). Many physical barriers were removed but new challenges emerged, and staff varied in their awareness and comfort with using the new healthy eating features. Conclusions: We found promising evidence that school architecture can support a school to address healthy eating. To enhance influence of the physical environment, more research is merited to test complementary strategies such as improving ownership of space and increasing self-efficacy to manage space. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01