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ERIC Number: EJ565841
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
Heart Partners: A Strategy for Promoting Effective Diffusion of School Health Promotion Programs.
Roberts-Gray, Cynthia; Solomon, Teshia; Gottlieb, Nell; Kelsey, Ellen
Journal of School Health, v68 n3 p106-10 Mar 1998
Describes evaluation of "Heart Partners," which used an interpersonal approach to increasing schools' and teachers' acceptance and use of school health-promotion innovations. Trained individuals became on-campus recruiters and allies of advocates. Participant surveys showed a twofold to fourfold increase in actual use and reach of school health-promotion packages and programs following Heart Partners. (SM)
Descriptors: Child Health, Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Behavior, Health Promotion, Program Implementation, Recruitment, Teacher Attitudes, Teachers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Texas