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University of Alabama at Birmingham

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2016

Elementary education

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Addressing School District Readiness For Elementary Health Education Using The Transtheoretical Model, Sarah Toth Jan 2016

Addressing School District Readiness For Elementary Health Education Using The Transtheoretical Model, Sarah Toth

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The elementary classroom offers a potentially favorable setting to impact student health. However, research indicates that elementary health education (EHE) is frequently omitted or haphazardly delivered. Traditional efforts in educational change have had limited success and lack a theoretical foundation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the organizational readiness of a public school district in Alabama for the delivery of 60 minutes of weekly EHE using constructs of the Transtheoretical Model (TTM). This study was intended to identify the stage of readiness, decisional balance, self-efficacy, the extent to which the school district was engaging in behaviors that may …