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INNOVATING HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE NATURAL STATE

Welcome to

DECEMBER 12, 2013

DEBRA HOPKINS

Vice President, Education at HealthTeacher

STEPHANIE NEHUS, ED.D. Director of Special Projects, Hot Springs (AR) School District SC SCOTT GORDON TT GORDON Executive Vice President, Arkansas Children’s Hospital KEVIN WILDENHA KEVIN WILDENHAUS, US, PH.D PH.D. Science advisor to HealthTeacher

SCOTT GORDON

Executive Vice President, Arkansas Children’s Hospital

ARKANS ARKANSAS S

• Rural
• Low-median income
• Challenged

education system

• Health safety net for the

children of AR

• Move outside of the hospital
• Collaborative effort on a

number of key issues and challenges

• 30+ Arkansas
• rganizations identified

youth health literacy as a fundamental issue

PAR ARTNERSHIP WITH TNERSHIP WITH HEAL HEALTHTEA THTEACHER CHER MO MOVES UPS VES UPSTREAM TREAM

Prepare children during their formal education to:

• Make healthy decisions
• Practice positive health behaviors
• Be informed consumers of health information

157,282

* Data derived from NCES

265,431

* Data derived from NCES

WHY MEASURE?

• Justify continued investment in the program
• Determine whether we are making a difference

IMPROVE OUR WORK

MEASUREMENT TOOLS

• Qualitative - Annual educator survey of HealthT

eacher users

• Quantitative - Student pre-post test data

TEACHER AND STUDENT MEASUREMENT

3 years of data proves positive impact on student attitudes, knowledge and behaviors.

476,559

* Data derived from NCES

KEVIN WILDENHAUS, Ph.D.

Science advisor to HealthTeacher

THE GOAL

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MEASUREMENT CHALLENGES

Schools Are Busy Complex Places:

• Complex context(s)
• Changing development
• Carry over effects
• Research rigor vs. innovation

THE S THE SAMPLE AMPLE

Three full academic years:

• 2010/2011
• 2011/2012
• 2012/2013

243 TEA 43 TEACHERS A CHERS ACRO CROSS 183 SCHOOLS REA S 183 SCHOOLS REACHING CHING THE F THE FOLL OLLOWING NUMBER OF S WING NUMBER OF STUDENT TUDENTS: S:

COHOR OHORT T GRADES INCL GRADES INCLUDED UDED TOTAL NUMBER P AL NUMBER PAR ARTICIP TICIPANT ANTS S Primary 4th & 5th N=2119 Middle School 6th-8th N=1751 High School 9th-12th N=609

THE METHODS

TEACHER AND STUDENT MEASUREMENT

• Quantitative - student pre-post test data
• Qualitative - annual educator survey of HealthT

eacher users

THE RESUL THE RESULTS

HealthTeacher was associated with broad positive impact across the 10 health domains every year.

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• hol and

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4TH

TH & 5

& 5TH

TH GRADERS

GRADERS

• Significant improvement across the years and across

the 10 domains

• The magnitude of effect ranged from 3.2% (Nutrition)

to 22% (Anatomy)

• Increased willingness to engage parents on health

related issues is of special note

6TH

TH-8

• 8TH

TH GRADERS

GRADERS

• Significant impact across most domains and years
• Magnitude of impact ranges from

2.4% (Community/Environmental) to 11.1% (Mental/Emotional Health)

• Improvements in Self-confidence – This is a critical finding

as this age group is most vulnerable to peer influence and

• ften experiences a higher incidence of bullying

9TH

TH-12

12TH

TH GRADERS

GRADERS

• Impact on this grade cohort is less dramatic but still shows

consistent significant improvement in key areas of nutrition and physical activity

• Magnitude of effect ranges from 3.5% (Alcohol/Drugs and

Community/Environmental Health) to 18% (Nutrition)

• Specific improvements in knowledge of the risks of fad diets
• Specific improvement in behavioral preparedness to handle

issues of jealousy, control and abuse of special note for high school students

THE BO THE BOTT TTOM LINE OM LINE

• Positive impact across all health domains every year
• Meaningful impact in all three grade cohorts
• Greatest impact in 4th & 5th grade cohort
• Consistent findings for Tobacco, Nutrition and

Injury Prevention

• Findings are realistically positive

IMPACT WORTH REPEATING

• Analysis with Mercy is yielding similar results
• Tightened up metrics and implementation

BUILDING BUILDING PAR ARTNERSHIPS TNERSHIPS

Partnerships hold promise as they reach across functional boundaries and talent pools to solve a critical challenge faced by our nation.

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STEPHANIE NEHUS, Ed.D.

Director of Special Projects, Hot Springs (AR) School District

RESEARCH MA RESEARCH MATTERS TTERS

OPPOR OPPORTUNITY F TUNITY FOR ALL TEA OR ALL TEACHERS CHERS TO TEA O TEACH HEAL CH HEALTH TH

• Easy to access lessons and resources
• Healthy students make better learners

DISTINCTIVE ELEMENTS OF HEALTHTEACHER

• Lessons by grade level
• Common Core alignment
• User-friendly interface
• Additional interactive resources
• Easy-to-use and removes barriers

WHA WHAT MAKES A T MAKES A COLLABORA OLLABORATIVE TIVE WORK? ORK?

KEYS TO SUCCESS

• Training - Promote teacher adoption
• Timing - Introduce early in the school year
• Sustained engagement - Communicate often

SCOTT GORDON

Executive Vice President, Arkansas Children’s Hospital

Continuing Investment

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QU QUALIT ALITATIVE TIVE PROGRAM PROGRAM EV EVAL ALUATION TION

QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS BENEFITS

• Convey to external sources the importance of the

resource to classroom instructors

• Observe impact on student interaction and

student-parent interaction

• Understand impact on the behaviors of

instructors themselves

AN APRIL 2013 SURVEY OF 299 ARKANSAS TEACHERS USING HEALTHTEACHER IN THEIR CLASSROOMS FOUND THAT…

• 85% of teachers agree that the quality of “my health lessons

have improved.”

• 91% agree that “my students’ health knowledge has improved.”
• 85% agree that “my students’ health behaviors have improved.”
• 75% agree “I have made positive changes in my own health habits.”
• 91% agree that “my own personal knowledge of health has increased.”

“They were more prepared for testing. Breathing exercise helped with stress.” “Helped invigorate the health education experience for students.” “It improved the quality of student-student interaction.” “They engage in the lessons because they are real life and easier to understand.” “Since the bullying lesson, the number of bullying issues has gone down.” “Students are learning to calm themselves down.”

WHA WHAT OUR TEA T OUR TEACHERS’ S CHERS’ SAY: :

MO MOVING THE NEEDLE VING THE NEEDLE

MEASUREABLE IMPACT

• Qualitative and Quantitative information paint a

complete picture of overall impact

• Quantitative measurement documents enhanced

knowledge and skills

• Significant knowledge improvements from beginning

to end of course modules

LOOKING F OOKING FOR ORWARD ARD

CONTINUED INVESTMENT

• Measurement demonstrates benefit
• Measurement informs decision-making

Q & A Q & A

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