With growing owareness and recognition of the contribufton of health promofton to the
quailty of i1fe in the wider community, schools have become instrumental settings for the …

The Health Promoting School (HPS) idea is starting to take off across the world, and
nowhere has it been embraced more enthusiastically than in Australia, where a great deal of …

The health promoting school (HPS) approach was developed and introduced during the
1980s. Its development was inspired by the Ottawa Charter presented at the first …

The European Network of Health Promoting Schools was established in the early nineties by
Council of Europe, the European Commission and WHO, Regional Office for Europe as an …

Evaluating the health‐promoting school (HPS) and its effectiveness is crucial to its future
development and sustainability. This paper attempts to outline the basis of approaches to …

This document is not a formal publication of the World Health Organization (WHO), and all
rights are rescrvcd by the Organization. The document may, however, be freely reviewed …

Health promotion uses a range of complementary approaches to provide individuals and
communities with knowledge that will enable them to improve their own health and …

Schools are recognised as key settings for health promotion. This has resulted in resources
being allocated specifically for the development of Health Promoting Schools. If the existing …

IUHPE–PROMOTION & EDUCATION-SUPPLEMENT 1. 2002 growth of the WHO's “settings
approach”, which sees the different settings in which people live and work as' whole'units …

Developing a 'healthy school'has been a key aim for many schools across the globe, yet
achieving successful implementation and sustaining the positive benefits has proven to be …