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1 WHO/NMH/ : GeneralOriginal: EnglishWHO gratefully acknowledges the generous financialcontributions to support the printing of this document from:the Division of Adolescent and School Health , NationalCenter for Chronic Disease Prevention and HealthPromotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,Atlanta, Georgia, ActionCreating HealthPromoting SchoolsEducation Development Center, Health OrganizationThe World Health The World Health The World Health The World Health Organization sOrganization sOrganization sOrganization sINFORMATION SERIES ON SCHOOL HEALTHINFORMATION SERIES ON SCHOOL HEALTHINFORMATION SERIES ON SCHOOL HEALTHINFORMATION SERIES ON SCHOOL HEALTHMODEL CHARTER FOR A Health -PROMOTING SCHOOLOur school, (insert name) _____, through all our activities and structures,aims to assist students, families, staff and community members in experiencing physical, emotional and social plan to do this by inviting individuals and local organizations to work with us in making our community more become a Health -Promoting School, we are committed to work jointly toward: engaging Health and education officials, teachers, students, parents, and communityleaders in efforts to promote Health providing a safe, healthy environment, both physical and psychosocial providing effective skills-based Health education providing access to Health services implementing school policies and practices that support Health striving to improve the Health of the communityWe intend to plan and coordinate these key features with school/community projects and outreach.

2 Health promotionprogrammes for staff; nutrition and food safety programmes; opportunities for physical education and recreation; andprogrammes for counselling, social support, and mental Health promotion. In this way we are joining with schools around theworld that are encouraged by the WHO Global School Health Initiative, and especially with other schools in the (district,province or nation), to become Health -Promoting , OrganisationSigned by:DateAdapted from Regional Guidelines: Development of Health -Promoting Schools AFramework for Action, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, and from PromotingHealth through Schools: The World Health Organization s Global School Health Initiative,WHO/HPR/ Part I THE MANUALC hapter 1.

3 Is this manual for?..1 What is a Health -Promoting School?..2 How Health -Promoting Schools improve Health and gains when schools promote girls education is key to everyone s chance to join a worldwide Health 2. Getting Started: Building Local 3. Taking will make this happen?..10 Establishing a School Health Team ..10 Assembling a Community Advisory Committee ..12 Team-Building and do we gather the information we need?..14 Reviewing current school Health promotion efforts ..14 Assessing community Health problems, policies and resources ..15 Health -Promoting Schools: Finding opportunities for action ..18 How do we develop an action plan?..19 Setting the action plan ..21 How will we know how we are doing?..21 Demonstrating information ..22 Where can we go if we have questions or need help?..23 Obtaining training and technical local efforts to larger 4.

4 A Message to District-Level 5. A FRESH Start: Focusing Resources on Effective School II: TOOLS AND HANDOUTS/TRANSPARENCIESS ection A. Tools to a School Health a Community Advisory current school Health -promotion community Health problems, policies and Schools: Finding opportunities for Setting Defining Developing the action B. Handouts / TransparenciesHow do Health problems affect school performance? ..51 What can schools do to promote Health ?..52 What in the World is a Health Promoting School? Examples from around the support for a Health -Promoting School: A role for AANNEX AANNEX AANNEX ASELECTED WHO PUBLICATIONSSELECTED WHO PUBLICATIONSSELECTED WHO PUBLICATIONSSELECTED WHO PUBLICATIONSBIBLIOGRAPHYBIBLIOGRAPHYBIBL IOGRAPHYBIBLIOGRAPHYC reating Health in the school setting means more than preventing or treating disease.

5 In aHealth-Promoting School, Health is created by students, teachers, parents, and other communitymembers who are: Caring for themselves and others Making decisions about and taking control of conditions and circumstances thataffect Health Creating social conditions that enable people to be healthy Improving students understanding of Health concepts and how to apply themAdapted from the Ottawa Charter, the First InternationalConference on Health Promotion, Ottawa, 1986 ACKNOWLEDGMENTSTo increase the number of schools that are truly " Health promoting , the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched theGlobal School Health Initiative and an Information Series on School Health to assist schools, policy -makers, communityleaders, teachers, parents and students as they develop Health -Promoting Schools. Local Action: Creating Health -Promoting Schools draws on the experiences, writings and guidance of teachers, programme managers and healthprofessionals around the World .

6 Their interest in sharing their experiences with others and their willingness to contribute havemade this publication the request of WHO's Department of Health Promotion (HPR), Daphne Northrop and Cynthia Lang of Health and HumanDevelopment Programs, Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), prepared this publication. Cheryl Vince-Whitman, Senior Vice-President of EDC and Director of Health and Human Development Programs, also brought herconsiderable expertise to the preparation of this document. Other EDC colleagues reviewed drafts and offered guidance,including Isolde Birdthistle, Christine Blaber, Tim Dunn, Tania Garc a, Eva Marx, Alexi San Doval and Phyllis is a WHO Collaborating Centre to Promote Health through Schools and authors would like to thank Jack T. Jones, School Health Team Leader, Health Promotion/Noncommunicable DiseasePrevention and Surveillance, WHO, for his support and guidance during development of this publication.

7 WHO and EDCwould like to thank the following individuals for their imagination, inspiration and generosity:Carmen AldingerYale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut, Al KhateebWHO Regional Adviser for Health EducationAlexandria, EgyptVerity BecklesLawrence T. Gay Memorial SchoolSt. Michael, Barbados, West IndiesGoof BuijsHead, Unit of School Health and Young PeopleNetherlands Institute for Health Promotion andDisease PreventionWoerden, The NetherlandsMaria Teresa CerqueiraRegional Adviser for Community Participationand Health EducationDivision of Health Promotion and ProtectionWHO Regional Office for the AmericasWashington, , DruryHealth Promotion/Noncommunicable DiseasePrevention and SurveillanceWHO, GenevaRosemary ErbenFormer Regional Adviser for Health PromotionWHO Regional Office for the Western PacificManila, PhilippinesMonique FouillouxEducation InternationalBrussels, BelgiumViorica GheorghiuNational Centre of Health Promotionand Health EducationBucharest, RomaniaAnna Maria Hoffmann-BarthesSection for Science and Technology EducationUNESCOP aris, FranceRoman Maga aAssistant TeacherBelize City.

8 BelizeHeather MacDonaldPublic Health AdviserPacific Regional TeamAustraliaAlice MurrayKillinarden Parents GroupDublin, IrelandDr. Desmond O'ByrneHealth Promotion/Noncommunicable DiseasePrevention and SurveillanceWHO, GenevaPeter PaulusScientific Adviser, German Network of Health -Promoting SchoolsMagdeburg, GermanyVivian RasmussenWHO Regional Office for EuropeCopenhagen, DenmarkDavid RivettWHO Regional Office for EuropeCopenhagen, DenmarkLouise RowlingSenior LecturerPresident, AHPSAS ydney, AustraliaLardja SanwogouWHO Regional Office for AfricaBrazzaville, Republic of CongoDocent Aldona SitoNational Research Institute ofMother and ChildWarsaw, PolandSheila TurnerSenior Lecturer in EducationLondon, EnglandMuriel Van den CruijsemThe Netherlands Institute for Health Promotionand Disease PreventionWoerden, The NetherlandsReverend Buri VeneoChairman of the Health -Promoting SchoolsPapua New GuineaEric ZiglioTechnical SecretariatHealth Promotion and Investment UnitWHO Regional Office for EuropeCopenhagen.

9 DenmarkMirjana ZivkovicProfessor of Social MedicineUniversity Medical SchoolBelgrade, YugoslaviaFOREWORDI nvestments in schools are intended to yield benefits tocommunities, nations and individuals. Such benefitsinclude improved social and economic development andenhanced quality of life. In many parts of the World , suchinvestments are not achieving their full potential, despiteincreased enrolments and hard work by committedteachers and administrators. This document describeshow educational investments can be enhanced byincreasing the capacity of schools to promote Health asthey do document is a pivotal part of the technical series onschool Health promotion prepared for WHO's GlobalSchool Health Initiative, and is published jointly by WHO,UNESCO and Education Development Center, Inc.

10 TheWHO Collaborating Center to Promote Health throughSchools and Communities. WHO's Global School HealthInitiative is a concerted effort by international organizationsto help schools improve te Health of students, staff,parents and community members. Education and healthagencies are encouraged to use this document tostrengthen Health promotion efforts as part of the GlobalSchool Health Initiative's goal: to help all schools becomeHealth-Promoting Action is the first document in WHO's School HealthInformation Series aimed directly at the local level; it ismeant as a practical, "how-to" guide for work on theground where change matters most. It is committedindividuals working directly in schools and communitiesupon which change ultimately relies. While the conditionsand challenges vary widely from one school to another, wesincerely hope that the guidance, experiences and toolsincluded in this document serve as valuable resources tothose committed individuals, and that schools in allcontexts can find appropriate and unique ways to behealth wish you luck in your efforts to improve the Health andeducation of your school community.