School Nutrition and Physical Activity (SNPA) Environment Assessment

Agenda
Training Objectives Deborah (5 minutes) SNPA Overview Deborah (30 minutes) SNPA in Detail Deborah and Jenny (60 minutes) SNPA in Practice All (60 minutes) Q&A All (20 minutes) Next Steps Deborah (10 minutes)

Todays Objectives
GROW County teams will be able to:
Define the SNPA environment Understand the framework of the SNPA instrument Apply the SNPA instrument to assess the school environment Score the school environment based on the SNPA measure

SNPA Overview
Background
Assess change in the school environment Develop measure
Policy

Theoretical Framework
Stage of Community Readiness/Stage of Change

Situation

Environment

No progress or backing up occasionally is not unusual

Physical Environment Physical Activity Behaviors

Situational Environment
Policy Environment

SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

Subpoint one
Nutrition Behaviors

Subpoint two
Subpoint three

Steps to completing the SNPA

(see handout for details)

1. Familiarize yourself with the SNPA instrument 2. Contact the school administrator 3. Create a timeline 4. Review important documents 5. Interview key informants 6. Observe the school grounds 7. Score the SNPA

Getting Familiar with the SNPA

Implementation and readiness scale School observation description form Areas of interest and criteria
Physical Activity Nutrition

Lets take a closer look!

Contact School Administrator

Contacting principals via email rather than by phone = greater success Shorter initial email (with details following below the message) works well Scripts are slightly different for intervention and control schools

Create a Timeline
Heres what a typical schedule might look like for the day...
8:30a Arrive at the school, check-in, observe student arrival and breakfast

9:00a-10:00a
10:00a-11:00a 11:00a-12:00p 12:00p-1:00p 1:00p-1:30p 1:30p-3:00p

Meet with Principal

Observe cafeteria environment, if they have time ask the kitchen staff a few questions Observe the school playground, and students at recess; observe PE class (indoor/outdoor) Observe lunch meal and cafeteria environment break for lunch Observe school physical environment; photo document (no students) physical environment features around the school.

3:00p-3:30p
3:30p-4:00p

Interview (primary teacher) & (intermediate teacher)

Interview PE teacher

Wrap-Up
Now, can you
Define the SNPA environment? Explain the framework and purpose of the SNPA instrument? Apply the SNPA instrument to assess the school environment? Score the school environment based on the SNPA measure?

Next Steps
Questions? Feedback?

Next steps 1. Familiarize yourself with the SNPA instrument 2. Contact the intervention school administrator and schedule an assessment 3. Create a timeline for the assessment