CDC’s Investment to Support the Connection Between Health and Academic Achievement - PowerPoint Presentation

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CDC’s Investment to Support the Connection Between Health and Academic Achievement

Shannon Michael, PhD, MPH

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Overview

Explain the connection between health and academic achievement through the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model Describe CDC’s school-based surveillance systemsIdentify opportunities to examine the association between health and academic achievement using these systemsShare CDC’s resources on health and academic achievement2Slide3

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Whole SchoolWhole CommunityWhole Childhttp://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/wscc/ Slide4

Special Issue: The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model

November 2015 issueCritical Connections: Health and AcademicsSlide5

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Academic AchievementStudents’ cognitive skills and attitudesConcentrationMemoryMoodEducation behavior AttendanceDrop out ratesBehavioral problems at schoolAcademic performanceClass gradesStandardized testsGraduation rates

Source: CDC. Health and Academic Achievement. 2014. http

://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/health_and_academics/pdf/health-academic-achievement.pdfSlide6

Summary of Findings

Summary of FindingsWSCC ComponentAcademic PerformanceEducation BehaviorCognitive Skills and AttitudePhysical education and physical activityXX

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Nutrition environment and services

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Health education

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Health services

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Counseling, psychological, and social services

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Employee wellness---Social and emotional school climateXX-Physical environment-XXFamily engagement XX-Community involvementXX-

Michael SL, Merlo C,

Basch

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K, Wechsler H. Critical connections: health and academics. J School Health. 2015;85(11):740-758.Slide7

Healthier Students Are Better Learners

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CDC School-based Surveillance Systems

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Differences of CDC’s School-based Surveillance Systems

Differences of CDC’s School-based Surveillance SystemsYRBSSchool Health ProfilesSHPPSPurposeTo determine the prevalence of health-risk behaviors among students, assess trends in these behaviors, and examine the co-occurrence of health-risk behaviorsTo provide data on health policies and activities at schools for states, large urban school districts, and territoriesTo provide national data on components of school health at the state, school district, school, and classroom levels Sample

Nationally representative sample of public and private high school students

Representative samples of mostly public high school students in each jurisdiction

Representative sample of public middle schools and high schools in each state, territory, or school district

All states

Nationally representative sample of school districts

Nationally representative sample of public and private elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools

Method

Self-administered paper-and-pencil questionnaires, conducted in classrooms

Self-administered, mailed,

or Web-based questionnaires

Computer-assisted personal interviews, Web-based surveys, and self-administered, mailed questionnaires

Timing

Biennially, since 1991

Biennially, since

1994

Full: 1994, 2000, 2006State & district: 2012School & classroom: 2014Slide10

CDC’s State Public Health

Actions Program (1305)Enhanced funded states were required to select targeted districts Targeted districts have a representative sample of students for YRBS and of schools for School Health Profiles but data are not linkedSlide11

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YRBS: Health-Risk Behaviors and Academic Grades Fact Sheets Slide12

Possible Opportunities:

YRBS (National and State)Focus is on the association between health behaviors/outcomes and academic achievementPropose questions for the 2019 YRBS (national and state survey) on attendance, disciplinary actions (e.g., detention, expulsion, sent to office) and attitude toward school Link school-level data from YRBS with other available education data such as Market Data Retrieval (MDR) and Common Core of Data (CCD). This might include: test scores, attendance rates, dropout rates, graduation rates, and disciplinary action ratesEncourage states to link state YRBS data with available school- level academic achievement data Note: One issue is that students are not representative of the schoolSlide13

Possible Opportunities:School Health Profiles & SHPPS

Focus is on the association between health policies/practices and academic achievementLink school-level data from Profiles and SHPPS with other available education data such as MDR and CCDLink SHPPS district-level data with YRBS district-level data (CDC-funded districts)13Slide14

Other Data Systems Managed by CDCto Consider…

National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study (NYPANS)National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 14Slide15

Few Actions to Consider

Complete an environmental scan of all federal and state-level data collection systems that focus on health, education, or bothWork with NGOs that are collecting data on health and academic achievement Take advantage of the data being collected for CDC’s State Pubic Health Actions Program (1305)Increase support, training, and technical assistance to collect data on health and educationSlide16

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Resources For Health and Academic Achievement Health and Academic Achievement overview documentPresentation slides with notes Podcast on physical activity, nutrition, and academic achievement http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=8634967 http://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/health_and_academics/index.htm Slide17

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EVIDENCE

MESSAGE

ACTION

Know the

Core Messages

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The Audience-Specific

Messages

Be Ready to Share with Key Stakeholders How They Can Take Action

Healthy Eating

Academic Achievement

Physical Activity

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Thank you slide18

THANK YOU!