Table 3. Characteristics at Baseline of California Schools (N = 281) Participating in the Healthy Schools Program, by Level of Exposure, 2006–2011.
| Characteristica | Type of Exposure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Training and Technical Assistance |
Healthy Schools Program National Advisor |
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| No Exposure, N = 54 | Some Exposure,b N = 227 | P Valuec | No Exposure, N = 239 | Some Exposure,b N = 42 | P Valuec | |
| School type, n (%) | ||||||
| Elementary | 41 (76) | 135 (59) | .18 | 151 (63) | 25 (60) | .92 |
| Middle | 10 (19) | 36 (16) | .71 | 43 (18) | 3 (7) | .14 |
| High | 3 (6) | 34 (15) | .10 | 36 (15) | 1 (2) | .03 |
| K-8 (grades 5 and 7) | 0 | 22 (10) | .01 | 9 (4) | 13 (31) | <.001 |
| School enrollment, mean (SD) | 795 (415) | 804 (562) | .30 | 830 (563) | 644 (302) | .07 |
| Free or reduced-price meals eligibility | 63 (38) | 66 (27) | .40 | 64 (31) | 74 (18) | .23 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Latino | 57 (34) | 54 (28) | .41 | 53 (30) | 65 (23) | .01 |
| African American | 9 (13) | 9 (14) | .80 | 9 (14) | 6 (8) | .04 |
| Asian | 8 (16) | 15 (21) | .01 | 14 (20) | 13 (20) | .82 |
| Non-Hispanic white | 23 (28) | 17 (18) | .81 | 19 (21) | 11 (12) | .15 |
| Female | 50 (5) | 49 (60) | .82 | 49 (5) | 50 (7) | .51 |
| Weight status | ||||||
| Prevalence of overweightd | 41 (14) | 44 (11) | .39 | 42 (12) | 47 (11) | .04 |
| Prevalence of obesityd | 22 (10) | 24 (9) | .41 | 23 (9) | 27 (9) | .02 |
| BMI z score, mean (SD) | .66 (.37) | .74 (.28) | .35 | .72 (.30) | .79 (.29) | .27 |
Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index (kg/m2).
a
Values are % (SD) unless otherwise indicated.
b
Some exposure means at least one contact with the Healthy Schools Program National advisors or training and technical assistance.
c
P values, comparing no exposure with some exposure, correspond to a binomial probability test for school type and to the Mann–Whitney rank sum test for other factors.
d
Overweight: BMI ≥85th percentile but <95th percentile; obesity: BMI ≥95th percentile.