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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has systematized its research methods for assessing the way health programs are implemented in schools across the US. The School Health Policies and Programs Study identifies management and service efforts in schools regarding the individual aspects of health promotion, including counseling, food service and physical education. The study found support for such programs at the state level that may be hampered by the lack of coordination and training among those directly implementing the programs in schools., The School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS), conducted in 1994 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), provides the first in-depth description of policies and programs related [...]

Health promotion has been included as one of the desired outcomes of formal education in the United States at least since 1918 when the Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary [...]

When health services first became part of the school program at the end of the 19th century, its primary role was communicable disease control.(1) Changes in society, health care delivery, [...]

Only by knowing where we are can we determine where to go and how best to get there. This simple philosophy motivated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [...]

The School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) is the first study to examine school health policies and programs for multiple components of the school health program[1,2] at the state, [...]