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Redesigning Schoolyards at Two Schools: Summary of Interviews and Observations

Redesigning Schoolyards at Two Schools: Summary of Interviews and Observations

As part of the Playful Learning Schoolyard Redesign Program, new spaces for learning and play were designed and constructed at Joseph Pennell School and Louis H. Farrell School. This report summarizes the impact of the Schoolyard Redesign Program on student activity and overall recess climate at the schools.

Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Selected Results from the School District of Philadelphia (2021)

Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Selected Results from the School District of Philadelphia (2021)

In the fall of 2021, the School District of Philadelphia administered the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) to 1,351 randomly selected high school students from 30 District schools. This report highlights statistically weighted results from the 2021 Philadelphia YRBS, which means that the results are considered representative of high school students in the entire District.

Household Food Insecurity in the School District of Philadelphia: An Analysis of District-Wide Survey Results, 2021-22

Household Food Insecurity in the School District of Philadelphia: An Analysis of District-Wide Survey Results, 2021-22

Food insecurity directly impacts physical health and is associated with adverse developmental, behavioral, and social-emotional outcomes. This brief describes the prevalence of food insecurity among SDP households that responded to the District-Wide Survey (DWS) in 2021-22 and examines the differences in food insecurity rates across different student demographic groups and schools.

Key determinants to school breakfast program implementation in Philadelphia public schools: Implications for the role of SNAP-Ed

Key determinants to school breakfast program implementation in Philadelphia public schools: Implications for the role of SNAP-Ed

Eating breakfast has a positive association with students’ academic outcomes and attendance. Universal school breakfast programs can mitigate food insecurity of families whose students are in the public school system, but low participation rates pose implementation challenges for schools and districts trying to meet the needs of their students. This report evaluates the determinants of implementing two different school breakfast programs and pragmatic strategies for serving breakfast in ways that maximize student participation.

Household Food Insecurity in the School District of Philadelphia: An Analysis of District-Wide Survey Results, 2020-21

Household Food Insecurity in the School District of Philadelphia: An Analysis of District-Wide Survey Results, 2020-21

Food insecurity directly impacts physical health and is associated with adverse developmental, behavioral, and social-emotional outcomes. This brief describes the prevalence of food insecurity among SDP households that responded to the District-Wide Survey in 2020-21 and examines the differences in food insecurity rates across different student subgroups and schools.

Household Food Insecurity in the School District of Philadelphia: An Analysis of District-Wide Survey Results, 2019-20

Household Food Insecurity in the School District of Philadelphia: An Analysis of District-Wide Survey Results, 2019-20

This brief describes the prevalence of food insecurity among SDP households that responded to the District-Wide Survey in 2019-20 and examines the differences in food insecurity rates across different student subgroups and schools.

Four Reports on the Implementation and Effectiveness of SNAP-Ed Community Partnerships

Four Reports on the Implementation and Effectiveness of SNAP-Ed Community Partnerships

This series of four reports is the result of a case study process evaluation of the SNAP-Ed nutrition education partnership, Eat Right Philly (ERP), conducted in 2018-19. The reports focus on the implementation and effectiveness of SNAP-Ed community partnerships.

Student Hunger and School Breakfast: Analysis of District-Wide Survey Results and School Breakfast Programs, 2018-19

Student Hunger and School Breakfast: Analysis of District-Wide Survey Results and School Breakfast Programs, 2018-19

This report analyzes how student responses to the District-Wide Survey (DWS) questions about eating breakfast relate to the availability of school breakfast programs.

Findings from Student Responses to Questions about Mental Health and Suicide from the 2019 Philadelphia Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Findings from Student Responses to Questions about Mental Health and Suicide from the 2019 Philadelphia Youth Risk Behavior Survey

This report analyzes student responses to four questions related to mental health and suicide that were asked on the 2019 Philadelphia YRBS.

Maximizing Students' School Breakfast Participation

Maximizing Students’ School Breakfast Participation

This report examines several SDP breakfast delivery models and uses data from a two-year study to examine factors related to school breakfast delivery and student participation, analyze implementation challenges, and offer conclusions and recommendations.