Publications by authors named "A Skarbek"
Article Synopsis
- - Rural schoolchildren face higher obesity and diet-related disease rates compared to urban kids, highlighting the need for better nutrition education in rural schools, where teachers can play a key role.
- - A survey of 153 K-12 rural teachers showed low nutrition literacy (mean score of 45.7 out of 64), with a significant association found between nutrition literacy and knowledge.
- - Many teachers are willing to include nutrition in their lessons, favoring hands-on activities, but face barriers like limited time, knowledge, resources, and lack of administrative support; improving teacher training and support could enhance nutrition education efforts.
Teachers' and Principals' Familiarity with School Wellness Policy: A Health Promoting Schools Assessment.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
October 2024
The current study explored teacher and principal familiarity with school wellness polices in primary schools, including who serves on school wellness committees, and who should implement and enforce wellness policies in the school. An electronic survey guided by the Health Promoting Schools framework was administered from February to May 2020 to teachers and principals from one urban and one suburban school district in the Midwestern United States. There were 450 participants; response rates were 28% (urban), 33% (suburban), and 51% (school principals).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOur study aimed to compare Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) morbidity, mortality, and growth in dairy and dairy beef cross-bred calves during the commingle period, 81-120 days of age, using two different BRD prevention strategies. The calves (n = 1799) were randomly assigned into groups: (1) Control (CON; received no vaccine or metaphylaxis); (2) Tulathromycin metaphylaxis (TUL; Increxxa, Elanco Animal Health Inc., Greenfield, IN, USA); and (3) vaccine (VACC; Nuplura PH, Elanco Animal Health Inc.
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