Vilas Sawrikar, Cheryl Van Dyke, Amy M Smith Slep
The Ws of Parental Help-Seeking: When, Where, and for What Do Parents Seek Help for Child Mental Health
Child psychiatry and human development
approximately one third california schoolage children overweight obese legislative approaches assessing obesity focused schoolbased data collection 20102011 chula vista elementary school district conducted districtwide surveillance statemandated physical fitness testing pft among fifth grade students compared height weight body mass index bmi examine measurement differences projects assessed demographic characteristics bmi category frequencies used paired ttests test continuous variables statistics used assess categorical agreement 3549 children assessed 69 hispanic fiftyone percent boys mean heights weights bmis significantly different project p 0001 surveillance height 10671651 cm weight 216908 kg ranges lesser pft ranges 10921803 cm 227984 kg overall bmi category agreement good weighted 077 categorical percentage agreement highest among normal weight children 949 lowest among underweight children 566 methodological differences might resulted observed height weight bmi differences schoolbased interventions become common districts carefully consider measurement reliability training datahandling protocols confidence findings