Healthy Habits – Child Version

Administered Spring 2010

Lara Watkins

Indiana University/Providence Full Service Community SchoolsJanuary 19, 2011

• Increase student , family, and community member access to educational, social, and health services

• Increase participant literacy

• Increase school attendance

• Increase participant health and well being • Improve school climate

FSCS has 5 objectives Identified on Federal grant

Healthy Habits Background• Administration:

▫ Previously At end of school year to OST students at:

Bailey, Fortes/Lima, and Woods/Young

▫ Moving forward At enrollment Again after 30 days of participation in OST

• Purpose: ▫ to assess students’ self-reported healthy habits

• Structure:▫ Similar to Healthy Habits – Parent version▫ 24 questions focusing on physical activity and eating habits

Prov YMCA Healthy Habits Survey For Children

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Do you participate in regular physical activity (30 minutes or more on most days of the week)

r Yes r I Don’t Know r No

How often do your parents or other adults participate in physical activity with you?

Every Day r Most Days (3+) r Some days (1-2) r Very little (<1)

How many servings of fruits or vegetables do you eat each day?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6+

Spring 2010 ResponsesSite # Responding

Overall Sample 173

Bailey 112

Fortes/Lima 33

Woods/Young 28

Demographics

Age distribution of sample (n=173)

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

10

20

30

40

50

Grade distribution of sample (n=173)

1 5 K432

10

20

30

40

50

60

Demographic description, entire sample and by school

Overall (N=173)

Bailey (N=112)

Lima/Fortes (N=33)

Woods/Young (N=28)

Age, mean * 8.1 7.6 8.7 8.8

Male 50% 55% 39% 46%

# of moves in past yr

1.6 1.6 1.9 1.3

No TV in BR 21% 19% 19% 32%

*ANOVA p<.05

Physical Activity

Participation in Regular Physical Activity at School

School Very Little

Some Days

Most Days

Everyday

Bailey

(n=110)

7% 32% 26% 35%

Lima/Fortes

(n=33)

3% 42% 6% 49%

Woods/Young

(n=27)

15% 19% 11% 56%

Overall(n=171)

7% 32% 19% 41%

Participation in Regular Physical Activity in Neighborhood

School Very Little

Some Days

Most Days

Everyday

Bailey (n=110)

27% 17% 18% 38%

Lima/Fortes(n=33)

3% 27% 13% 57%

Woods/Young(n=27)

44% 20% 12% 24%

Overall (n=171)

25% 20% 17% 39%

Physical Activity

•42% DO NOT participate in physical activity w/ parents or other adults

•More than half the sample reported that they DO NOT use appropriate safety equipment during physical activity

# of Hrs of TV Watched/Video Games Played, Wkdays

# of Hours of TV Watched/Video Games Played0 1-2 3-4 5-6 7+

Bailey (n=103)

5% 22% 20% 17% 32%

Lima/Fortes(n=33)

3% 18% 24% 15% 39%

Woods/Young(n=27)

11% 11% 19% 30% 30%

Overall(n=163)

6% 22% 21% 18% 33%

Calculation of Physical Activity ScoreQuestion Score

Q1.) Do you participate in regular physical activity (30 min+ most days of wk)?

2 - Yes 0 - Don’t know 0 - No 

Q2-3.) How often do you participate in physical activities in school? In your neighborhood?

2 - Everyday2 - Most days1 - Some days0 - Very little

Q4-5.) How many hours a day do you watch TV/movies or sit and play video/computer games during the week? Weekend?

2- Less than 11 - 1-20 - 3-40 - 5-60 - More than 7

Child Physical Activity Score Sum (0-10)

Mean Physical Activity Score, (Range 0-10)

SchoolOverall (n=149)

Bailey (n= 98)

Lima/Fortes (n=29)

Woods/Young(n=22)

Mean 5.5 5.4 5.7 5.5Standard Deviation

1.4 1.5 1.2 1.3

Eating Habits

Average # of Fruits and Vegetables Eaten Each Day

Number of Servings

0 1 2 3 4 5 6+Bailey (n=84)

2% 17% 22% 17%

9% 10%

25%

Lima/Fortes (n=29)

3% 18% 18% 12%

30% 6% 12%

Woods/Young (n=25)

8% 35% 15% 23%

12% 4% 4%

Overall(n=138)

3% 19%

20% 17%

12%

9% 21%

# Times a Wk Students Reported Eating Dinner Together as a Family

  Number of times each week Non

e 1-2 3-4 5-6 7 Bailey

(n=103)10% 21% 14% 17% 39%

Lima/Fortes(n=32)

16% 45% 10% 0% 29%

Woods/Young(n=25)

28% 20% 0% 12% 40%

Overall (n=160)

14% 26%

11% 13% 37%

# Times Per Wk Student Eats Breakfast

  Number of times each week 

None 1-2 3-4 5-6 7 Bailey (n=103)

6% 15% 7% 14% 58%

Lima/Fortes(n=32)

7% 30% 10% 7% 47%

Woods/Young(n=25)

8% 19% 8% 23% 42%

Overall(n=160)

6% 19% 8% 14% 53%

# Time Student Eats Fast food Per Wk

  Number of times each week 

None 1-2 3-4 5-6 7 Bailey

(n=103)16% 44% 12% 14% 15%

Lima/Fortes(n=32)

6% 49% 30% 6% 9%

Woods/Young(n=25)

26% 41% 22% 0% 11%

Overall (n=160)

15% 44% 17% 10% 13%

Calculation of Healthy Eating Score

Question ScoreQ1.) How many servings of fruits or vegetables do you eat each day?  

0: 0, 1, or 2 servings1: 3 or 4 servings2: 5 or 6+ servings

Q2-3.) How many times a wk do you… eat dinner at the table together with your family? Eat breakfast?

0: None or 1-21: 3-42: 5-6 or 7

Q4.) How many times a week do you eat takeout or fast food?

2: None1: 1-20: 3-4, 5-6 or 7

Child Healthy Eating Score Sum (0-8)

Mean Healthy Eating Score (Range 0-8)

 

  SchoolOverall Sample(n=124)

Bailey (n=97)

Lima/Fortes (n=29)

Woods/Young (n=24)

Mean Score 4.0 4.3 3.2 3.8Standard Deviation

1.8 1.7 1.8 1.9

Take Aways and Next Steps

Identified Areas for Student Improvement…

•The high percentage of OST participants who:

▫watch seven or more hours of TV, ▫do not eat many fruits and vegetables, ▫have few “family meals”, and ▫do not eat breakfast

•are areas for potential programming focus.

Next Administration

For the federal grant, PFSCS proposed the following:

•Within one year of beginning services, 90% of children participating in after-school will increase their knowledge and improve their attitudes around healthy eating habits as measured by the Healthy Habits Survey.

To Consider…

•Survey Process▫1. Similar to the parent version, do changes

need to be made to the survey and if so, what is the plan for moving forward?

▫2. Keep track of number of surveys administered and administration process

To Consider…• Is there anything else that you would like

analyzed from this data set?

•Can we link parent and child surveys?

•Are there other indicators of health and/or healthy habits that we would like to explore to move beyond self-reports?

•To what extent do the HH-scores correlate with other indicators of health and well-being?