The afterschool experience in Salsa, Sabor y Salud: Evaluation 2007-2008

Author(s): Huang, Denise; La Torre, Deborah; Oh, Christine; Harven, Aletha; Huber, Lindsay Perez; Leon, Seth; Mostafavi, Sima;
Date Issued: December 2008
Publisher(s): University of California, Los Angeles. Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing
Description: A process and outcomes evaluation of Salsa, Sabor y Salud (SSS), a child-centered adaptation of a healthy lifestyles program for Latino families, that examined the effect of program participation on elementary school students' and program instructors' knowledge and healthy behaviors, based on survey, interview, and observational data collected in after school programs implementing SSS and matched control programs in Los Angeles and on case studies of programs in Chicago
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Funder(s): Kraft, inc.
Source: (CRESST Report 747). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing. Retrieved September 11, 2009, from http://www.cse.ucla.edu/products/reports/R747.pdf
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness > Physical Development & Growth

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Programs > Out-Of-School Time

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Interventions/Curricula > Health, Safety & Nutrition
Country: United States
States: CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS
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