Evidence of the Evidence of the Effectiveness of School Effectiveness of School Health Promotion Health Promotion - implications for - implications for policy, practice and policy, practice and research research Lawrence St.Leger Lawrence St.Leger Vancouver 2007 Vancouver 2007
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Evidence of the Effectiveness Evidence of the Effectiveness of School Health Promotionof School Health Promotion
- implications for policy, - implications for policy, practice and researchpractice and research
Lawrence St.LegerLawrence St.Leger
Vancouver 2007Vancouver 2007
AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements
Teachers, students, parentsTeachers, students, parents Researchers and evaluatorsResearchers and evaluators Health and education officialsHealth and education officials NGO’sNGO’s
Important Basic Facts and Important Basic Facts and ClaimsClaims
Pre requisites for healthPre requisites for health
Purposes of School HealthPurposes of School Health
To build health knowledge, skills and To build health knowledge, skills and behaviours in the cognitive , behaviours in the cognitive , emotional, social and behavioural emotional, social and behavioural domainsdomains
HPS build generic competencies in knowledge and understanding, HPS build generic competencies in knowledge and understanding, analysing and synthesising information and creating ideas about, analysing and synthesising information and creating ideas about,
and solutions for, personal, local and global health issuesand solutions for, personal, local and global health issues To enhance educational outcomesTo enhance educational outcomes Healthy students learn better. The core business of a school is Healthy students learn better. The core business of a school is
maximising learning outcomes. Quality HPS’s make a major maximising learning outcomes. Quality HPS’s make a major contribution to achieving this outcomecontribution to achieving this outcome
The Type of EvidenceThe Type of Evidence
WHO Expert Committee…….WHO Expert Committee…….
““The HPS is an investment in The HPS is an investment in education, health and democracyeducation, health and democracy””
(WHO 1997)(WHO 1997)
The Type of EvidenceThe Type of Evidence
WHO Expert Committee……WHO Expert Committee……
Five categories of indicatorsFive categories of indicators
Categories of IndicatorsCategories of Indicators
1. Children's health status1. Children's health status
2. Learning ability, attendance and learning 2. Learning ability, attendance and learning achievementachievement
3. Behaviours affecting health3. Behaviours affecting health
4. Quality of the physical and psychosocial environments4. Quality of the physical and psychosocial environments
5. School health program implementation5. School health program implementation (WHO, 1995)(WHO, 1995)
What is School Health?What is School Health?What is the HPS?What is the HPS?
Outcome?Outcome?
Approach?Approach?
Set of values?Set of values?
Issue specific program?Issue specific program?
Common set of programs and services?Common set of programs and services?