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. 2015 Nov 19;30(6):849–865. doi: 10.1093/her/cyv052

Table IV.

Outcome variables relationship to high, low implementing and control program

Intervention
Control
Implementation Level
Spring 2013 Spring 2014
All Intervention programs
High
Low
Spring 2013 Spring 2014 P value (I v. C) Cohen’s d (I v. C) Spring 2013 Spring 2014 P value (H v. C) P value (H v. L) Cohen’s d (H v. C) Cohen’s d (H v. L) Spring 2013 Spring 2014 P value (L v.C) Cohen’s d (L v.C)
Healthy eatinga
Percent of days a program serves a fruit or vegetable 7.2 74.5 <0.001 2.47 10.6 74.0 <0.001 0.895 2.29 −0.15 9.1 79.1 <0.001 2.8 18.2 14.2
Percent of days a program serves a sugar-sweetened food 71.2 18.7 <0.001 −1.29 59.5 8.0 <0.001 0.901 −1.2 −0.01 61.4 8.4 <0.001 −1.33 48.7 52.2
Percent of days a program serves a sugar-sweetened beverage 52.8 8.0 <0.001 −0.86 37.3 8.7 0.008 0.176 −0.72 0.13 31.8 2.9 <0.001 −0.99 25.8 34.7
Physical activityb
Percent of girls accumulating 30 min of MVPA 23.1 28.0 0.004 0.65 24.8 29.3 0.009 0.299 0.74 0.28 18.8 25.0 0.055 0.35 21.7 18.5
Percent of boys accumulating 30 min of MVPA 37.1 45.4 0.002 0.86 39.5 47.3 0.006 0.328 0.95 0.26 30.6 41.3 0.032 0.54 36.5 34.8

Abbreviations: Intervention (I), Control (C), High Implementation (H), Low Implementation (L)

Statistically significant differences are bolded

aPrograms considered high implementers if STEPs healthy eating total index score was ≥11 (n = 4)

bPrograms considered high implementers if STEPs physical activity total index score was above ≥20 (n = 7)