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Undergraduates’ Application of Coordinated School Health for Needs Assessment Purposes Dr. Amy Sidwell, MCHES Fairmont State University AAHPERD National Convention St. Louis, Missouri April 4, 2014
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Page 1: Undergraduates’ Application of Coordinated School Health for Needs Assessment Purposes Dr. Amy Sidwell, MCHES Fairmont State University AAHPERD National.

Undergraduates’ Application of Coordinated School Health for Needs Assessment Purposes

Dr. Amy Sidwell, MCHES

Fairmont State University

AAHPERD National Convention

St. Louis, Missouri

April 4, 2014

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By the end of this session, you will be able to…

1. recognize the stakeholders in Coordinated School Health 2. identify methods for discovering health/safety needs within schools

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What is Coordinated School Health?

“CSH is a systematic approach to improving the health and well-being of all students so they can fully participate and be successful in school. The process involves bringing together school administrators, teachers, other staff, students, families, and community members to assess health needs; set priorities; and plan, implement, and evaluate all health-related activities.”

(CDC. School Health Programs: Improving the Health of Our Nation's Youth—At A Glance 2011, Atlanta: CDC; 2011.)

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What is Coordinated School Health?

“CSH typically integrates health promotion efforts across eight interrelated components that already exist to some extent in most schools”

(CDC. School Health Programs: Improving the Health of Our Nation's Youth—At A Glance 2011, Atlanta: CDC; 2011).

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https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/schoolhealth/csh.shtm

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Components of Coordinated School Health include…

o Health Education

o Physical Education

o Health Services

o Nutrition Services

o Counseling, Psychological & Social services

o Healthy & Safe School Environments

o Staff Wellness

o Family & Community Involvement

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Stakeholders in CSH include…

• Administrators

• Teachers

• Staff

• Parents

• Students

• Community members

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What is a Needs Assessment?

• It is the centerpiece of a planning process

• Guides the development of plans and how those plans will be evaluated

• Provides schools with strengths, weaknesses, areas for improvement, successes, & challenges

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AAHE Standard II: Needs Assessment

Candidates assess needs to determine priorities for school health education.

• Key Element A: Candidates access a variety of reliable data sources related to health.

• Key Element B: Candidates collect health-related data.

• Key Element C: Candidates infer needs for health education from data obtained.

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Methods for conducting a Needs Assessment

FIRST…• Clarify the purpose of the

needs assessment

• Identify the population

• Determine how you will conduct the needs assessment

NEXT…• Design/adopt a survey

instrument

• Collect Data

• Analyze Data

• Use the results for planning

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Pre-service teachers in School Health & Safety (HLTA 3310) complete a needs assessment portfolio. This portfolio is a comprehensive project in the course that demonstrates their abilities to conduct needs assessments within school settings, describe how health and safety programs are administered and coordinated, communicate the findings of their needs assessments, and advocate for school health education.

41 schools in 7 West Virginia

counties

43 School Health & Safety Needs Assessments

completed Fall 2011- Spring 2014

PURPOSE: To identify the # 1 health/safety need in the school

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Data Collection

Primary Data

New, original data. May be difficult to collect. Time consuming & potentially costly. Possible problems with validity & reliability.

• Interviews• Surveys

Secondary Data

Already exists & was collected by someone else. May include government sources.

• Your state’s Department of Education• National Center for Education Statistics• US Census Bureau• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance• Citydata.com

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Pre-service teachers’ interviews…

Identify key stakeholders for an interview Administrator/PrincipalProfessional Development Schools CoordinatorPTO President

Call, Check, CareCall to set-up an interviewCheck or confirm interview timeShow caring by acknowledging time

constraints

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Interview Techniques

Think of the CSH approach to frame your questions.

How is the school doing with regard to…

• Health education• Physical education• Health services• Nutrition services• Counseling, psychological and social services• Healthy and safe school environment• Health promotion for staff• Family and community involvement?

Start with relatively easy questions to get the interviewees talking.

How many students are enrolled in your school?

Tell me about those students.

Do you have students with special needs (disabilities, free/reduced lunch)?

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Interview Techniques, cont.

• Ask to record the conversation

• Consider using digital voice recorders & note-taking

• Transcribe the interview right away

• Share transcription or summary with the interviewee

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Pen & paper questionnaire

Benefits: Works well with teachers & students while in classrooms.

Draw-backs: May be costly to print & mail. Students may not get the surveys home to their parents. Data entry is time consuming.

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Online surveysSurvey Monkey: Develop a survey with 10 or fewer questions for 100 or fewer respondents for free. Send the URL via email, Facebook, or embed into a website. Data analysis is included.

KwikSurveys: Free, online survey builder. Unlimited questions & responses. Can export results & receive a report.

Google Docs/Google Drive: Create, store, and send a document. Allows others to enter their responses and send back to the data collector. Insert images, links, and other digital content.

REDCap: Research Education Data Capture. Through West Virginia Clinical & Translational Science Institute. Online surveys can be built & managed securely.

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Selected Findings

Physical Activity

Nutrition

Body Composition Mental Health

School Safety

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Benefits of Needs Assessments for Pre-Service Teachers

• Learn how school health programs are coordinated

• Apply course material to real school settings

• Understand the importance of using data to inform recommendations & planning

• Gain experience in interview situations

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Benefits of Needs Assessments for Schools

• Provides a snapshot of current and future needs of the school, students, parents, teachers, and the community

• Reveals how well the current processes meet the school- community’s needs

• Identifies ways in which the school & community are changing

• Uncovers root causes of problems

• Forecasts the types of education programs and expertise that will be needed in the future

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Benefits of Needs Assessments for Schools

Gets STAKEHOLDERS (administrators, staff, students, parents, & the community) to identify…

THE #1 HEALTH OR SAFETY NEED IN THE SCHOOL

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