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School Climate and the Institutionalization of the Catch Program

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston.

Cheryl L. Perry, PhD

Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Steven H. Kelder, PhD

Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston.

John P. Elder, PhD

San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego, California.

Paul D. Mitchell, MS

New England Research Institutes, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts.

Leslie A. Lytle, PhD, RD

Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Carolyn C. Johnson, PhD

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Elaine J. Stone, PhD, MPH

University of New Mexico, Department of Physical Performance and Development, Albuquerque.

School climate refers to various physical and psychosocial structures that shape schools' social and physical environments. The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) study provided an opportunity to study how aspects of school climate are associatedwith continuedimplementation of the CATCH pro gram. Nutrient analysis of menus, observations of physical education (PE) classes, and teacher and staff self-reports were used to measure CATCH program components. Results of this study indicate that aspects of school climate were associated with continued implementation of the CATCH classroom component but not the CATCH foodservice or PE components. These findings have implications for how we plan for the progression of innovative school health promotion programs from the initial trial stage to institutionalization. Measures of school climate may be useful in determining a school's readiness to adopt and implement an innovative health promotion curriculum.

Key Words: curriculum • health education • health promotion • organizational culture • school health • schools • social environment

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