Table 1.
Factors Associated in Bivariate Analysis With Elementary School Teacher Awareness and Implementation of Food and Physical Activity Policies, Utah, 2010a
| Variableb | Food Policy | Physical Activity Policy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Awareness | Implementation | Awareness | Implementation c | |
| Knows location of written policies | + | + | + | + |
| Knows who the program coordinator is | + | + | + | − |
| Reminded of policies at least once per semester | + | + | + | + |
| Thinks students are more overweight than in the past | − | − | + | − |
| Aware of the food policy | NA | + | NA | NA |
| Aware of the physical activity policy | NA | NA | NA | + |
| School has physical education specialist | + | + | + | + |
| School failed Adequate Yearly Progress in the prior year | + | − | − | − |
| No. of students in school | − | + | − | − |
| Years in a teacher's career | − | − | + | − |
| Thinks school has adequate time for student physical activity | − | − | + | + |
| Thinks school has adequate facilities for student physical activity | − | − | + | + |
| School has faculty meetings at least weekly | + | − | + | − |
Abbreviation: NA, not applicable to this analysis.
a
Plus sign (+) indicates a significant positive association; minus sign (−), not a significant positive association.
b
Evaluated variables found not to be significantly associated with awareness or implementation of either policy are not shown. They include teacher sex, years teaching at the school, and number of students in class.
c
Analysis of physical activity policy implementation was restricted to teachers of grades 3-6.