Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut.
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut, 1 Constitution Plaza, Suite 600, Hartford, CT 06103. Email:
Prev Chronic Dis. 2020 Jul 2;17:E52. doi: 10.5888/pcd17.190373.
Schools play an important role in promoting student wellness. As directed by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, the US Department of Agriculture updated the requirements for written school wellness policies in 2016. The WellSAT (Wellness School Assessment Tool) is an online tool that provides a quantitative score for wellness policy comprehensiveness and strength. The WellSAT has been updated 3 times over the past decade to remain current with federal law and best practices. In this article, we describe the process of updating to WellSAT 3.0. The steps included: reviewing the language of each item linked to a federal provision; adding and deleting items based on frequencies from the National Wellness Policy Study and the empirical support for specific policies; gathering feedback from a survey of experts (N = 77) about best practices and measure usability; and establishing intercoder reliability in a national sample (N = 50) of policies. We conclude with recommendations and guidance for the use of WellSAT 3.0.
学校在促进学生健康方面发挥着重要作用。根据《健康、无饥饿的儿童法案》的要求，美国农业部于 2016 年更新了学校健康政策的书面要求。WellSAT（健康学校评估工具）是一个在线工具，为健康政策的全面性和力度提供了一个定量分数。在过去的十年中，WellSAT 已经更新了 3 次，以保持与联邦法律和最佳实践的同步。在本文中，我们描述了更新到 WellSAT 3.0 的过程。步骤包括：审查与联邦规定相关的每个项目的语言；根据全国健康政策研究和特定政策的实证支持，添加和删除项目；从对专家（N=77）的调查中收集有关最佳实践和衡量可用性的反馈；并在全国范围内（N=50）的政策样本中建立编码员间的可靠性。我们以对 WellSAT 3.0 的使用建议和指导结束。
