Table 2.
Supports for Student Wellness Promotion among Rural Minnesota Secondary Schools by Location, 2012
| Town/rural fringe N = 79 |
Town/rural distant N = 67 |
Remote rural N = 76 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coordination of School Health Improvement | ||||
| Presence of school health coordinator (%) | 87.8 | 90.0 | 88.9 | .92 |
| Completed self-assessment of the school environment | ||||
| Nutrition environment (%) | 33.8 | 43.3 | 51.4 | .09 |
| Physical activity environment (%) | 28.4 | 36.7 | 41.7 | .24 |
| Established school improvement plan (%) | 45.8 | 58.9 | 60.6 | .16 |
| School improvement plan included objectives for: | ||||
| Nutrition (%) | 54.6 | 51.5 | 46.5 | .78 |
| Physical education and physical activity (%) | 42.4 | 51.5 | 37.2 | .46 |
| Health education (%) | 39.4 | 51.5 | 34.9 | .33 |
| Engaged in an improvement planning process (%) | 75.7 | 83.3 | 76.4 | .51 |
| Reviewed health and safety data in planning (%) | 60.7a,b | 68.0a | 40.0b | .01 |
| Presence of school health council (%) | 74.3 | 65.0 | 65.3 | .40 |
| Representation on school health council (mean ± SD) | 8.56 ± 3.92 | 8.62 ± 2.89 | 7.74 ± 3.27 | .39 |
| Activities performed by health council (mean ± SD) | 3.64 ± 1.41 | 3.44 ± 1.60 | 3.28 ± 1.57 | .48 |
| Overall coordination score (mean ± SD) | 11.64 ± 7.59 | 10.95 ± 7.83 | 10.03 ± 6.88 | .42 |
| Collaboration on Health Education Activities | ||||
| Past year collaboration of health education staff with | ||||
| Physical education staff (%) | 86.8 | 88.3 | 90.5 | .80 |
| Health services staff (%) | 76.5 | 66.7 | 65.1 | .31 |
| Mental health or social services staff (%) | 66.2 | 71.7 | 66.7 | .77 |
| Nutrition or food service staff (%) | 32.4 | 41.7 | 42.9 | .40 |
| School health council, committee, or team (%) | 44.8 | 45.0 | 42.9 | .96 |
| Overall collaboration score (mean ± SD) | 4.15 ± 1.07 | 4.23 ± 1.06 | 4.22 ± 1.07 | .88 |
| Professional Preparation and Development | ||||
| Training received by physical education teachers (%) | 80.8 | 84.8 | 79.2 | .71 |
| Training received by health education teachers | ||||
| Nutrition and dietary behavior (%) | 29.9 | 38.3 | 28.6 | .45 |
| Physical activity and fitness (%) | 39.7 | 46.7 | 46.0 | .67 |
| Training desired by health education teachers | ||||
| Nutrition and dietary behavior (%) | 69.1 | 70.0 | 76.2 | .63 |
| Physical activity and fitness (%) | 66.2 | 65.0 | 65.1 | .99 |
| Certification of health education teachers (%) | 95.6 | 91.7 | 88.7 | .34 |
| 5+ years of health education teacher experience (%) | 72.1 | 76.7 | 71.4 | .77 |
| Overall health education teacher score (mean ± SD) | 3.95 ± 1.96 | 4.22 ± 1.91 | 3.86 ± 1.91 | .50 |
a,b,c: in each row, cells that share a superscript do not differ (p≥.05) based on a pairwise test with Tukey’s post hoc test to account for multiple comparisons