About Health Promoting Schools
Optimum learning takes place when healthy individuals actively participate within healthy communities.
Health Promoting Schools actively and tirelessly work toward achieving these goals within our schools and communities.
They make significant contributions toward building a physically, mentally, socially, emotionally, and spiritually healthy society for present and future generations.
The World Health Organization is one of many local, national and international partner organizations that have been working together to make this possible globally.
HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD
AUSTRALIA Australian Health Promoting Schools Association http://www.ahpsa.org.au/
AUSTRALIA WA Health Promoting Schools Association (Inc) http://www.wahpsa.org.au/index.php?op...
CANADA. MANITOBA. Healthy Schools http://www.gov.mb.ca/healthyschools/a...
CANADA WIDE "JCSH: The Joint Consortium for School Health is a partnership of Canada's federal, provincial and territorial governments. It brings together key representatives from each jurisdiction's health and education ministries/departments, and supports them to work more closely together to support comprehensive school health." http://eng.jcsh-cces.ca/index.php?opt...
JCSH SCHOOL HEALTH LINKS: Across Canada member, non-members, and global initiative links http://eng.jcsh-cces.ca/index.php?opt...
References
Fast Facts
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Definition
"A health promoting school is one that constantly strengthens its capacity as a healthy setting for living, learning and working." World Health Organization (WHO)
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Action Plan (my words summarized from WHO)
Fosters health & learning effectively. Engages internal & external health & education community to create a healthy place at school. Implements relevant & integrated programs for all community participants covering a broad range of relevant disciplines. Tasks itself with achieving improved health outcomes for students & stakeholders by continuous education of all participants.
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Core focus (my words summarized from WHO)
Caring for self & others Healthy decision-making in a proactive manner in your life Aligning policies, resources & environment toward health Building capacity for optimum healthy environment
