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Wellness Policy Awareness Among School Leaders And The Impact On Written Policy Scores, Mariah Reil Jan 2019

Wellness Policy Awareness Among School Leaders And The Impact On Written Policy Scores, Mariah Reil

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Background: All schools participating in the National School Lunch Program must possess a written School Wellness Policy (SWP) as mandated by the Healthy, Hunger- Free Kids Act of 2010.1 School officials and leaders play a major role in SWP implementation. It is essential to written SWP implementation that school level officials and leaders in the district are aware of the SWP. However, the association between school leader awareness of SWP and policy quality has not yet been studied.
Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to determine if school leader awareness of a SWP impacts the written SWP quality. …