Erin R Hager1, Hee-Jung Song2, Hannah G Lane3, Hallene H Guo3, Lea H Jaspers4, Megan A Lopes4. 1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: ehager@peds.umaryland.edu. 2. Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 3. Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 4. Maryland State Department of Education, Baltimore, MD.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To develop and pilot-test Wellness Champions for Change (WCC) to enhance local wellness policy (LWP) implementation by forming wellness teams. DESIGN: Randomized, controlled school-level pilot study. SETTING: Five Maryland school districts. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 63 elementary, middle, or high schools. INTERVENTION(S): Developed from stakeholder interviews, focus groups, and existing programs. Schools were randomized within district to (1) WCC training (6-hour, single-day teacher training), (2) WCC training plus technical assistance (TA), or (3) delayed training (control). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Online teacher/administrator survey pre-post (spring, 1 year apart) that examined the direct effect of the intervention on active wellness team formation (postintervention, 8-item sum score) and LWP implementation (29 items, not implemented to fully implemented)/indirect effect of intervention on LWP implementation via active wellness team formation. ANALYSIS: Adjusted linear or logistic regression and mediation modeling. RESULTS: Postintervention, WCC plus TA and WCC had more active wellness teams (vs control, β = 1.49, P = .02 and β = 1.42, P = .03, respectively). No direct effect of intervention on LWP implementation was found. Formation of active wellness teams mediated the association between both WCC plus TA and WCC and LWP implementation (WCC plus TA confidence interval [CI], 1.22-16.25; WCC CI, 10.98-15.61 [CI was significant without 0]). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The WCC intervention approaches indirectly affected LWP implementation through the formation of active wellness teams. These results support building and school-level wellness teams.
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OBJECTIVE: To develop and pilot-test Wellness Champions for Change (WCC) to enhance local wellness policy (LWP) implementation by forming wellness teams. DESIGN: Randomized, controlled school-level pilot study. SETTING: Five Maryland school districts. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 63 elementary, middle, or high schools. INTERVENTION(S): Developed from stakeholder interviews, focus groups, and existing programs. Schools were randomized within district to (1) WCC training (6-hour, single-day teacher training), (2) WCC training plus technical assistance (TA), or (3) delayed training (control). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Online teacher/administrator survey pre-post (spring, 1 year apart) that examined the direct effect of the intervention on active wellness team formation (postintervention, 8-item sum score) and LWP implementation (29 items, not implemented to fully implemented)/indirect effect of intervention on LWP implementation via active wellness team formation. ANALYSIS: Adjusted linear or logistic regression and mediation modeling. RESULTS: Postintervention, WCC plus TA and WCC had more active wellness teams (vs control, β = 1.49, P = .02 and β = 1.42, P = .03, respectively). No direct effect of intervention on LWP implementation was found. Formation of active wellness teams mediated the association between both WCC plus TA and WCC and LWP implementation (WCC plus TA confidence interval [CI], 1.22-16.25; WCC CI, 10.98-15.61 [CI was significant without 0]). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The WCC intervention approaches indirectly affected LWP implementation through the formation of active wellness teams. These results support building and school-level wellness teams.
Authors: Luke Wolfenden; Sam McCrabb; Courtney Barnes; Kate M O'Brien; Kwok W Ng; Nicole K Nathan; Rachel Sutherland; Rebecca K Hodder; Flora Tzelepis; Erin Nolan; Christopher M Williams; Sze Lin Yoong Journal: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Date: 2022-08-29
Authors: Hannah G Lane; Rachel Deitch; Yan Wang; Maureen M Black; Genevieve F Dunton; Linda Aldoory; Lindsey Turner; Elizabeth A Parker; Shauna C Henley; Brit Saksvig; Hee-Jung Song; Erin R Hager Journal: Contemp Clin Trials Date: 2018-10-18 Impact factor: 2.226