School policies and practices that improve indoor air quality.
BACKGROUND
To determine whether schools with a formal indoor air quality management program were more likely than schools without a formal program to have policies and practices that promote superior indoor air quality.


METHODS
This study analyzed school-level data from the 2006 School Health Policies and Programs Study, a national study of school health programs and policies at the state, district, and school levels. Using chi-square analyses, the rates of policies and practices that promote indoor air quality were compared between schools with and schools without a formal indoor air quality program.


RESULTS
The findings of this study show that 51.4% of schools had a formal indoor air quality management program, and that those schools were significantly more likely than were schools without a program to have policies and use strategies to promote superior indoor air quality.


CONCLUSIONS
These findings suggest that schools with a formal indoor air quality program are more likely support policies and engage in practices that promote superior indoor air quality.
Everett Jones
Sherry
S
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30041, USA. sce2@cdc.gov
Smith
Alisa M
AM
Wheeler
Lani S
LS
McManus
Tim
T
D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires