INNOVATING HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE NATURAL STATE DECEMBER 12, 2013 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome to INNOVATING HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE NATURAL STATE DECEMBER 12, 2013

DEBRA HOPKINS Vice President, Education at HealthTeacher

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

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 e ff ort on a number of key issues and challenges

• 30+ Arkansas organizations 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?

IMPROVE OUR WORK • Justify continued investment in the program • Determine whether we are making a di ff erence

MEASUREMENT TOOLS

TEACHER AND STUDENT MEASUREMENT • Qualitative - Annual educator survey of HealthT eacher users • Quantitative - Student pre-post test data

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 e ff ects • 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 INCLUDED GRADES INCL UDED TOTAL NUMBER P AL NUMBER PAR ARTICIP TICIPANT ANTS S 4 th & 5 th Primary N=2119 6 th -8 th Middle School N=1751 9 th -12 th High School 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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4 TH TH & 5 & 5 TH TH GRADERS GRADERS • Significant improvement across the years and across the 10 domains • The magnitude of e ff ect ranged from 3.2% (Nutrition) to 22% (Anatomy) • Increased willingness to engage parents on health related issues is of special note

6 TH TH -8 -8 TH 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 often experiences a higher incidence of bullying

9 TH TH -12 12 TH 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 e ff ect 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 4 th & 5 th 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. + +

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 Fr From C om Community Benefit t ommunity Benefit to Objectiv o Objective R e Revie view

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.”

WHA WHAT OUR TEA T OUR TEACHERS’ S CHERS’ SAY: : “Students are learning to calm themselves down.” “Since the bullying lesson, the number of bullying issues has gone down.” “They engage in the lessons because they are real life and easier to understand.” “It improved the quality of student-student interaction.” “Helped invigorate the health education experience for students.” “They were more prepared for testing. Breathing exercise helped with stress.”

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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