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Health Practices of Educators Participating in an Idaho Wellness Conference: One Year Follow‐up
Author(s) -
Rankin Linda L.,
Mathews Jerry G.
Publication year - 1998
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.1746-1561.1998.tb03481.x
Subject(s) - attendance , test (biology) , repeated measures design , psychology , factorial analysis , medicine , gerontology , family medicine , medical education , political science , statistics , paleontology , mathematics , law , biology
ABSTRACT: The Great Potato Health Conference (GPHC), which convenes annually in Idaho, is one of more than 25 statewide wellness conferences for K‐12 school personnel. This follow‐up study assessed the health practices of conference participants one year following the GPHC. A 25‐item health behavior instrument was administered to 68 school district personnel prior to attending the GPHC and again three months, six months, and one year following the conference. Data were analyzed using a repeated measures one‐way factorial analysis of variance to test for differences in the health practices of participants over time. Results indicated statistically significant main effects for both previous conference attendance and time of measurement. No statistically significant interaction effect occurred between previous conference attendance and time of measurement.