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The skinny on healthy school approaches (Comprehensive School Health) | What are healthy schools? | The concept of healthy schools emerges from a global movement that recognizes two key ideas: - healthy children learn better, and
- schools can directly influence children's ability to learn
Healthy schools embrace the view that children's healthy growth and intellectual development is: - a shared responsibility, and
- the school is an ideal setting to enhance physical and emotional learning
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| | Benefits of system-wide approaches | Literature clearly demonstrates: |
| | Healthy School Components | Teaching and Learning - formal and informal learning
School Environments - emotional, social and physical environments
- school health policies
Partnerships - involves the whole school community and community members
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| | Partnerships: A fundamental principle | Successful school health promotion capitalizes on: - Working across sectors to achieve common outcomes
- Linking with and coordination of services and resources that contribute to student health
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| | Healthy School Assessment Tool | Benefits of conducting an assessment/environmental scan - Stimulates discussion within and between the systems
- Confirms the value of existing actions and activities
- Identifies and prioritizes areas for improvement
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"The extent to which a nation's schools become health promoting will play a significant role in determining whether the next generation is educated and healthy" ~ Jack Jones, World Health Organization
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