Health practices of educators participating in an Idaho wellness conference: one year follow-up

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.