77 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS)

77.1 Organization

Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), CDC

77.3 Description

  • District or classroom-level depending on cycle
  • National survey periodically conducted to assess school health policies and practices at the state, district, school, and classroom levels.
  • Six data files: Health Education, Physical Education and Activity, Health Services, Nutrition Services, Healthy and Safe School Environment and Status.

77.4 Vintage/Release Frequency

1994, 2000, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2016

77.5 Observational Unit

District-level in 2016 but this varies by cycle

77.6 Collection Methodology

In 2016 a stratified random sample of public school districts in US was done and 7 DASH- funded districts selected with certainty were also included. * Previous cycles had different sampling levels (state, district, school and classroom). This can be viewed at: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/shpps/index.htm * Data collected via questionnaires (web-based in 2016). * Web-based data collection system had built-in checks to limit invalid responses

77.8 User Guide/Data Dictionary

Data documentation available at same website as data download.

77.9 Cost

Free for download

77.10 Proposal or Application required?

No

77.11 DUA required?

No

77.12 Special Notes