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Anneke Vang Hjort1,2, Adrian Bauman3, Sofie Rolff Carlsen2
1Centre for Childhood Health, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Journal of School Health
|September 4, 2025
Summary
Validated surveys now help schools track Health Promoting Schools (HPS) and Whole School Approaches to Physical Activity (WSA-PA) implementation, improving student well-being and informing health policies.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- School Health Policy
- Educational Psychology
Background:
- Implementing Health Promoting Schools (HPS) and Whole School Approaches to Physical Activity (WSA-PA) requires understanding current school practices.
- Validated tools are essential for accurately assessing the adoption and effectiveness of these health initiatives in educational settings.
Purpose of the Study:
- To validate two survey instruments designed to measure the implementation of Health Promoting Schools (HPS) and Whole School Approaches to Physical Activity (WSA-PA).
- To provide reliable and valid measures for schools to monitor and enhance their health promotion and physical activity strategies.
Main Methods:
- Content validity was established through literature reviews and consultations with experts and target groups.
- Structural validity, construct validity (using Multitrait-Multimethod approach), and reliability (Cronbach's Alpha, Omega H, ICC) were assessed via statistical analyses.
- Surveys were administered to 921 staff across 78 Danish schools for vulnerable youth (ages 16-25).
Main Results:
- The Health Promoting Schools (HPS) scale comprised 24 items, and the Whole School Approaches to Physical Activity (WSA-PA) scale had 21 items.
- Both scales demonstrated good structural validity (e.g., RMSEA values of 0.023 for HPS and 0.043 for WSA-PA) and acceptable reliability.
- The Multitrait-Multimethod approach confirmed the convergent and discriminant validity of the survey instruments.
Conclusions:
- The validated HPS and WSA-PA survey tools can effectively guide schools in monitoring and improving their implementation.
- These instruments can support equity in schools and inform national health policies related to physical activity and well-being.
- Further research is recommended to refine these measurement tools for broader application.
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