A retrospective examination of the relationship between implementation quality of the coordinated school health program model and school-level academic indicators over time.

Background: Although models such as the coordinated school health program (CSHP) are widely available to address student health needs, school professionals have been unconvinced that scarce resources should be allocated to improving student health. Concern that attention may be diverted from meeting academic accountability goals is often seen as a reason not to attend to student health. Despite continuing calls for the study of multicomponent health programs in relation to educational achievement, the understanding of the extent to which adherence to the characteristics of CSHP contributes to or compromises academic outcomes over time remains incomplete.

Validity of the body mass index silhouette matching test.

Objective: To determine the construct validity and utility of the Body Mass Index Silhouette Matching Test (BMI-SMT).

Methods: One-hundred-seventy undergraduate students at a mid-Atlantic university completed the BMI-SMT, the Gardner 2-figure Silhouette Matching Test and were measured for height and weight.

Results: Validity coefficients using Pearson r correlations ranged from 0.