Anastasiya Ivanko, Anna E Garbuzov, Jonathan E Schoen, Randy Kearns, Bart Phillips, Erica Murata, Denise Danos, Herb A Phelan, Jeffrey E Carter
The Burden of Burns: An Analysis of Public Health Measures
Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association
background schools ideal setting policy systems environmental approaches obesity prevention although school health environment assessments exist planning purposes developed tested comprehensive questionnaire suitable evaluation planning methods reliability measured comparing data collected school personnel lowincome elementary schools across california two time points average 2 months apart n 23 assess convergent validity school responses compared responses completed research team n 28 weighted kappa test statistic percent agreement calculated question specific groups questions questionnaire section item topic response type results testretest reliability questionnaire yielded kappa statistics ranged 014 100 interquartile range iqr 036 percent agreement reliability ranged 3478 10000 iqr 217 kappa statistics validity ranged 014 100 iqr 044 percent agreement validity ranged 1429 10000 iqr 392 based findings tool revised conclusions study findings indicate sitelevel assessment questionnaire tested reliable accurate instrument use lowincome elementary schools revisions may improved validity reliability therefore recommend either version use support lowincome schools efforts assess needs evaluate progress create action plans supply highquality aggregable data largescale analysis additional testing recommended validate revised version increase generalizability determine sensitivity detect change time