tailieunhanh - PROMOTING HEALTH IN SCHOOLS ROM EVIDENCE TO ACTION

The unmet need for family planning refers to the percentage of women between the ages of 15-49 who are married or in a union, and who do not want another birth, but are not using contraception. There is a great need to increase adolescent’s access to comprehensive, age-appropriate family planning services and information in the Pacific. Available data indicates that between 11% and 52% of Pacific women between 15-19 years old who are married or are in civil unions have an unmet need for family planning. Less than 20% of girls aged 15-19 and less than half of adolescent boys. | Promoting Health in Schools FROM EVIDENCE TO ACTION IUHPE Healthy School Policies Community Links Individual Health Skills Action Competencies School Health Services Empowerment Participation School Environment Social Physical Collaborations Partnerships Promoting Health in Schools FROM Evidence to action 1. Introduction Who is this document for This publication is for you. It is for people with an interest in what happens in our schools. It is particularly for those who create policy and implement the actions that flow from good policy such as politicians government departments non-government organisations NGOs regional education authorities school board council members school directors principals head teachers advisors nurses social workers and school health coordinators. Although this document is written primarily for policy-makers it is also for teachers parents and students as the effective promotion of health is an inclusive participatory process. What is health promotion in schools Health promotion in a school setting could be defined as any activity undertaken to improve and or protect the health of all school users. It is a broader concept than health education and it includes provision and activities relating to healthy school policies the school s physical and social environment the curriculum community links and health services. What does this document set out to do The purpose of this document is to explain how and why the promotion of health in schools is important how good school management and leadership is the key and how promoting health in schools is based on scientific evidence and quality practices from all over the world. We summarise the evidence 1 for you and show you how individual health issues such as healthy eating substance misuse and mental health relate to a holistic view of health and health promotion. It is written to support health promotion development and innovation in education systems. It is a positive document because we .