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The Association Of Wellness Policy Quality And Percentage Of Obesity In Schools, Bryce M. Abbey
The Association Of Wellness Policy Quality And Percentage Of Obesity In Schools, Bryce M. Abbey
College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Schools possess a unique opportunity to reach a large captive audience and are becoming one of the battlegrounds for childhood obesity. To address the school environment’s role on the influence of American children’s nutritional intake and participation in physical activity, the United States (US) Federal Government adopted the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, placing an emphasis on implementation of the local school wellness policy (LSW). The purpose of this study was to examine the association between LSW and percentage of obesity in school districts within Nebraska. Aggregate district-wide body mass index (BMI) percentile data were utilized from previously collected …
The Relationship Of Parent Involvement And Student Success In Gear Up Communities In Chicago, Wendy M. Stack
The Relationship Of Parent Involvement And Student Success In Gear Up Communities In Chicago, Wendy M. Stack
Antioch University Dissertations & Theses
Nationally, the education pipeline is not preparing enough students for success and high school dropout rates in the nation’s urban areas are alarming. This mixed methods (QUAN→qual) empirical study examines the influence of parent involvement on the academic success of 1,774 GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) students matched to their parents in 21 high schools in Chicago. The results of the regression analyses were presented to focus groups composed of GEAR UP parents and staff to assist in making meaning of the data and to gain deeper insight and understanding of the results. The study …