School Health Coordinators Network
Michigan teachers who implement the Michigan Model for Health® receive professional development and technical assistance from the network of School Health Coordinators state-wide.
For more information about this network, visit the web site of the Comprehensive School Health Coordinators Association (CSHCA).
For a more in-depth look at the Michigan Model for Health® health curriculum, select one of the following grade levels.
| Kindergarten |
| Grade One |
| Grade Two |
| Grade Three |
| Grade Four |
| Grade Five |
| Grade Six |
| Grades Seven-Eight |
| Grades Nine-Twelve |
Evaluation Study Results
Michigan
Model for Health®
Improves Student Health Knowledge, Skills,
Attitudes and Behaviors:
- A two-year, randomized control study of the
effectiveness of the Michigan Model for Health®
curriculum was conducted in the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 school years. It
involved over 2,500 students and 300 teachers in Grades 4 and 5 across
over 50 schools in Michigan and Indiana.
- The principal investigator is Dr. Jim O’Neill from
Madonna University, with collaboration by Dr. Jeff Clark of Ball State
University. Support was provided by the Michigan Departments of
Education and Community Health.
- The evaluation included a longitudinal design
measuring student health knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors.
Data collection involved (a) a pre-test administered before the
curriculum was implemented, (b) an immediate post-test at the conclusion
of instruction, and (c) a delayed-post test conducted five weeks after
the instruction was completed. The design was implemented in Grade 4 and
repeated the following year, when the students were in
Grade 5.
- In Grade 4, students received 25 Michigan Model
for Health® lessons covering four units: social
emotional skills, safety, alcohol and tobacco prevention, and physical
activity and nutrition. Nearly 90% of teachers implemented all lessons
as planned. In Grade 5, students received
28 lessons covering the same units.
- To date, pre-post analyses have been conducted on
Grade 4 students. Results showed that students who received the
Michigan Model for Health® curriculum showed
significant, positive changes compared to a randomized control group of
students who did not receive the program. Specifically, students who
received the Michigan Model® had:
- better interpersonal communication skills, social
emotional skills, and
self-management skills; - improved pro-safety attitudes;
- stronger drug and tobacco refusal skills;
- less reported alcohol and tobacco use in the past 30 days; and
- enhanced knowledge and skills in physical
activity and nutrition
- better interpersonal communication skills, social
emotional skills, and
- Some outcomes (e.g., intentions to use drugs) showed
no significant differences between the program and control group. It is
expected that improvements in some areas may require implementation of
at least two grades of Michigan Model for Health®
lessons. This hypothesis will be tested next year, using longitudinal
data from Grades 4 and 5.
- Students who received the Michigan Model for Health® did not show negative results on any indicators, compared to the control group.