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An Elementary Wellness Program: Eat Smart! Play Hard!
Author Info
Gillespie, Paige Elizabeth
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1354140652
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2012, Doctor of Education, Miami University, Educational Leadership.
Abstract
This research evaluates a wellness intervention program presented to 150 fourth graders in an elementary school setting. The intervention focuses on three units of instruction: nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle habits. Students received instruction covering these three units for one school year. The purpose of this study is to look deeper into the success of the intervention to ensure that the wellness program provided changes in eating, exercise, and lifestyles behaviors in students. It was not enough that students participated, but that they made better food choices, exercised more, and continued to make healthier choices at the end of the program. The results of the qualitative and quantitative data support the changes in students and families.
Committee
Kate Rousmaniere, PhD (Committee Chair)
William Boone, PhD (Committee Member)
Richard Quantz, PhD (Committee Member)
Randal Claytor, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
101 p.
Subject Headings
Education
;
Educational Leadership
;
Health Education
Keywords
wellness program
;
wellness intervention
;
healthy choices
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Gillespie, P. E. (2012).
An Elementary Wellness Program: Eat Smart! Play Hard!
[Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1354140652
APA Style (7th edition)
Gillespie, Paige.
An Elementary Wellness Program: Eat Smart! Play Hard!
2012. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1354140652.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Gillespie, Paige. "An Elementary Wellness Program: Eat Smart! Play Hard!" Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1354140652
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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This open access ETD is published by Miami University and OhioLINK.