Health-promoting schools

摘要: Chronic diseases are now the major causes of death and disability worldwide, non-communicable (NCD) account for majority global health burden. About half premature deaths related to health-risking behaviours that often established during youth extend adulthood. While these might not be curable, they preventable. Prevention is possible when sustained actions directed at individuals families, as well broader social, economic cultural determinants NCD. A ‘life-course’ approach promoting healthy behaviour should begin early in life. The aim this article discuss impact ‘health-promoting school’ (HPS) on improvements health. HPS can described a holistic, whole-school which broad education curriculum supported by environment ethos school. moves beyond individual behavioural change consider organizational policy such improving physical social school, its curricula teaching learning methods. positive culture would facilitate higher levels literacy helping tackle better build personal, cognitive skills maintaining good There reasonable evidence demonstrate using framework effective health, ranging from activities eating emotional Schools adopting have demonstrated changes practice become more conducive improvement. These schools were reported school policies, degrees community participation, hygienic than non-HPS schools, students had profile. Health promotion disease prevention essential reduce healthcare burden children adolescents. help combat childhood obesity encouraging activity. gaps service provision adolescents both perspective; has potential develop mechanism closer integration with primary system, making services based student centred. new model interconnection between different components evolved make friendly.