Health Promoting School Program

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Initiative Description: Implement a Health-Promoting School (HPS) program that provides health education to teachers and aims at dietary intervention.

Study Results: Increased teacher nutrition knowledge, improved self-reported dietary behaviors.

Reference: Chen, Y.-H., Yeh, C.-Y., Lai, Y.-M., Shyu, M.-L., Huang, K.-C., & Chiou, H.-Y. (2010). Significant effects of implementation of health-promoting schools on school teachers’ nutrition knowledge and dietary intake in Taiwan. Public Health Nutrition, 13(4), 579– 588. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980009991017

Level of Evidence: Very Good