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School-based Health Centers Prompt Students to Eat Better, Exercise More
Listed On: Thursday, July 29, 2010
Michigan State University
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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Students with access to school-based health centers experienced greater satisfaction with their health, more physical activity and greater consumption of healthy food than students who did not use such centers, according to a Michigan State University study. ...Continue
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Official URL: http://news.msu.edu/story/8112/
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Summary: Students with access to school-based health centers experienced greater satisfaction with their health, more physical activity and greater consumption of healthy food than students who did not use such centers, according to a Michigan State University study. Miles McNall of MSU's Department of Outreach and Engagement led a team of researchers examining the effects of school-based health centers - clinical health centers providing on-site primary health care - on the health and behaviors of middle and high school students in Michigan. There are 57 state-funded school-based health centers operating in 24 Michigan counties. The Michigan Department of Community Health, which operates the state's centers via its Child and Adolescent Health Center Program, asked McNall to evaluate their effectiveness. He worked with stakeholders - state officials, health care system representatives, health center directors and advocacy groups - to identify which aspects to measure. Middle and high school students were recruited from similar schools with and without school-based health centers; 744 students participated in the study. "While the findings indicate that school-based health centers are achieving their goal of promoting children's health, further research is needed to figure out why," McNall said. Besides health outcomes, it also will focus on the centers' effects on school attendance and health care costs.
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