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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. View first year results |
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A pilot study to determine the impact of the Michigan Model (MM) Nutrition Curriculum on nutrition knowledge, efficacy expectations, and eating behaviors in middle school students was conducted by Mariane Fahlman, PhD, Nate McCaughtry PhD, and Jeffrey Martin PhD of Wayne State University, Joseph Dake, PhD, MPH of University of Toledo. Published in the April 2008 Journal of School Health. |
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The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) has cited the Michigan Model as a CASEL SELECT program in Safe and Sound, a resource guide available online at www.casel.org. |
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In 2001, the U.S. Department of Education’s Expert Panel on Safe, Disciplined, and Drug Free Schools designated the Michigan Model® as one of 44 promising programs that met the federal criteria for program effectiveness. This designation allows the Model to be funded with the Drug Free Schools federal allocation that is made available to all state and local schools. http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSDFS/exemplary01/2_intro2.html | |
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The Skillman Foundation initiated an annual evaluation of school-based prevention programs in 1993. Evaluations were conducted by the Addiction Research Institute at Wayne State University and multi-year results were published in 1999. Longitudinal data reported that improvements were realized in terms of student's knowledge, peer susceptibility, alcohol and marijuana use with the implementation of the Michigan Model. | |
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Michigan Model Parent Surveys, returned by more than 5,000 families, indicated a high satisfaction with the program and the opinion of parents, in the non-representative sample, that the school health program is having a very positive impact on their children's behaviors. The Parent Survey, last conducted in 1992, has been updated and were reintroduced in 1999. | |
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A 1998 “Safe Schools/Safe Students – Guide to Violence Prevention Strategies” also done by Drug Strategies, Inc., rated the Michigan Model as one of the best violence prevention programs in the United States. www.drugstrategies.com/ | |
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Research conducted by Jean Shope, Ph.D. of the University of Michigan and published in the Journal of Drug Education, Volume 26, Number 4 – 1996, demonstrated that the Michigan Model substance abuse lessons had a statistically significant positive impact in curtailing rates of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use in middle school students. | |
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A 1996 national program analysis done by Drug Strategies, Inc. of Washington, D.C. and published under the title “Making the Grade”, designated the Michigan Model as one of the top substance abuse prevention programs in the United States. The Michigan Model was the only comprehensive health program to receive this “A” designation. As a result, the program has been featured on ABC Evening News, CNN, Good Housekeeping and Prevention magazines. | |
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In a review of research conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, comprehensive school health programs represented a cost savings of $14 in health care costs for every dollar spent in the classroom. “School Health Programs – An Investment in Our Nation's Future” 1998. | |
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Literature reviews have also demonstrated the positive impact of school health programs in research like: “Bridging Student Health Risk and Academic Achievement through Comprehensive School Health Programs” Journal of School Health, August 1997, Vol. 67, No. 6 and “The Relationship Between the Health of School-Age Children and Learning: Implications for School,” Carol A. Swingle, Ed.D., Sept. 1997, Unpublished paper for the Michigan Model. |
