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Effect of Inservice Training on Implementation of a Health Curriculum in Nova Scotia, Canada
Author(s) -
Cameron Helene
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1991.tb06003.x
Subject(s) - nova scotia , curriculum , checklist , randomized controlled trial , session (web analytics) , psychology , medical education , test (biology) , physical therapy , medicine , pedagogy , geography , computer science , surgery , paleontology , world wide web , cognitive psychology , biology , archaeology
The effect of different types of inservice training on the degree of implementation of a fourth grade health curriculum in Nova Scotia, Canada, was investigated. Using a quasiexperimental, nonequivalent control group design with posttest only, teachers (N = 41) were assigned to one trial group and two comparison groups. The distal comparison group received no inservice training, the local comparison group received a single session, and the trial group received ongoing, inservice training. The Health Program Component Checklist developed for this study was used to measure implementation. Data were collected by personal interview. Based on the Mann‐Whitney U test, a significantly greater degree of implementation occurred in the trial group than in the proximal comparison group, but not the distal comparison group.