Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework to demonstrate the
contribution of whole school approaches embodied by the health‐promoting school …

School health programs have been part of schooling for most of this century. The health
promoting school is a recently developed concept which seeks to provide a multifaceted …

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 …

Health and education are inextricably related, and play a fundamental role in the
development of children and youth. Young people cannot learn effectively if their health is …

Aim. The objective of this study is are to examine the association of preadolescent obesity
using body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) with health-related physical …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to report the formative evaluation results from the
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Healthy School Communities …

Issue addressed: Physical activity levels in girls are known to decline from puberty onwards,
with long-term adverse health implications. This project addressed the issue of physical …

In recent years, the concept of a Health-Promoting School has received much interest. In
Malaysia, dental nurses are ideally placed to play a lead role in promoting Oral Health within …

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 …

As part of the work leading to the development of the National Healthy Schools Scheme, an
audit was carried out of existing healthy schools schemes in England. This, together with an …