Promoting health through schools. Report of a WHO Expert Committee on Comprehensive School Health Education and Promotion.

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Education confers the ability to combine knowledge, attitudes, and skills and use them to shape one's life and the lives of others. A higher educational level correlates with greater competence in decision-making, a better economic situation, and a higher degree of awareness concerning the benefits of and risks to health--indeed, education can be said to be a prerequisite for health. However, education cannot achieve its potential if young people do not attend school because of poor health and related conditions. Moreover, if children are ill, hungry, or malnourished, or suffer from undue stress, they cannot learn effectively in school. Likewise, early or unintended pregnancy, violence, infectious diseases, alcohol or drug abuse, and other health problems can limit the learning potential of adolescents. Therefore, the extent to which schools can become instruments of health promotion for children and adolescents is fundamental in determining whether they will be both educated and healthy, and whether they can lead fulfilling lives and contribute to building a better world. This report of a WHO Expert Committee considers how best to make schools truly health promoting. It presents the rationale for school health promotion, cites significant features of the status of school health promotion worldwide, reviews existing research, notes common barriers to effective school health promotion, and offers a set of strategies to overcome these barriers. Many strategies are illustrated with concrete examples demonstrating success. Priority areas for research are also outlined. The report concludes with a set of recommendations that can serve as a charter for guiding the actions of educational and health professionals at different levels--local, national, and international--to advance the common cause of promoting health through schools.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • World Health Organization technical report series

دوره 870  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1997