Health promoting school (HPS) has been described as' total environment'which provides
more than just learning and teaching about health issues in classroom. HPS needs to …

The concept of Health Promoting Schools improves the school's physical and social
environment, its curriculum, teaching and learning methods, and the personal and social …

Background There is substantial evidence indicating that the health of children and young
people is a major factor affecting their capacity to learn, and the level of individuals' …

The International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) is the largest non-
governmental organization working to build an international network to encourage the free …

The development of a Health Promoting School concept in Hong Kong has faced many
challenges, as in other countries. However, there is strong evidence from research findings …

Health promoting schools (HPS) and Healthy Schools Award Schemes from a number of
countries have demonstrated positive changes in children's health behaviours and the …

In Hong Kong, the concept of the health promoting school has only been adopted by a few
schools, and is making progress with many challenges (Lee et al., 2000, Lee et al., 2001) …

An evaluation framework, called the Hong Kong Healthy Schools Award, has been
developed to enable comprehensive collection and analysis of data reflecting the status of …

Both health and education are linked to economic performance. The success of education
depends on good health, and vice versa. Modern education should help young people to …

Purpose–Successful implementation of Health Promoting Schools (HPS) depends on
putting the model in the schools' context for both health improvement and school …