Table 3.
Pearson's correlation coefficients between micro-level implementation factors and broad school health, nutritional, and physical education prevention categories.
| M | SD | Physical Ed policies | Healthy food policies | Staff development practices | Restricted access to competitive foods | Student health services | Food service practices | Recess policies | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attitudes & beliefs about prevention | |||||||||
| Satisfaction with strategies | 4.64 | 0.64 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.01 | − 0.09 | − 0.08 | 0.47⁎⁎ | − 0.04 |
| Beneficial outcomes expected | 4.71 | 0.82 | − 0.09 | 0.34⁎⁎ | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.42⁎⁎ | 0.01 |
| Advantages to Implementation | 5.82 | 0.90 | − 0.11 | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.07 | − 0.06 | 0.39⁎⁎ | − 0.10 |
| Organization's prevention knowledge | 5.50 | 0.80 | − 0.002 | 0.24⁎ | 0.16 | 0.08 | − 0.03 | 0.16 | − 0.07 |
| Commitment to prevention | |||||||||
| Internal organizational support | 4.59 | 0.80 | − 0.07 | 0.27⁎ | 0.14 | 0.04 | − 0.10 | 0.35⁎ | − 0.15 |
| External organizational support | 3.98 | 0.53 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.05 | − 0.16 |
| Sustainability of strategies | 4.95 | 0.86 | − 0.10 | 0.29⁎⁎ | 0.09 | 0.02 | − 0.06 | 0.35⁎⁎ | 0.02 |
| Intrinsic motivation for implementation | 5.04 | 0.61 | − 0.19 | 0.11 | − 0.05 | 0.07 | − 0.19 | 0.23⁎ | − 0.004 |
| Commitment of administration to prevention | 4.54 | 0.97 | − 0.04 | 0.32⁎⁎ | 0.10 | 0.12 | − 0.002 | 0.28⁎ | − 0.16 |
| Assimilation of prevention into regular school operations | 2.63 | 1.06 | 0.08 | 0.07 | − 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.01 | − .11 |
| Stakeholder collaboration | |||||||||
| Commitment of individual school health professionals to implementation | 5.88 | 0.85 | − 0.10 | 0.25⁎ | 0.04 | 0.14 | − 0.01 | 0.33⁎⁎ | − 0.12 |
| Staff participation in strategy decision-making | 3.84 | 1.12 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.22 | 0.10 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.03 |
| Barriers | |||||||||
| Lack of strategy clarity | 4.01 | 0.90 | − 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.08 | − 0.13 | − .001 | 0.05 |
| Outside resistance to prevention | 3.01 | 0.50 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.26⁎ | − 0.12 | − 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.03 |
| Organizational instability in staffing and operations | 3.41 | 0.70 | − 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.04 | − 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
| Need for external support | 4.15 | 0.97 | 0.12 | − 0.15 | − 0.20 | 0.24⁎ | − 0.19 | − 0.06 | 0.11 |
| Need for formal training | 5.70 | 1.30 | − 0.20 | − 0.20 | − 0.26 | 0.03 | − 0.65⁎⁎ | − 0.02 | − 0.16 |
Study conducted in Southwestern U.S. in Dec. 2011.
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p < .05.
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p < .01.