4.R. Lunch Symposium: Health Policies and Practices of Health Promoting School Program in Asian CountriesOrganised by: Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan

Background: Complications of hypertension causes 9.4 million of death worldwide each year. The risk factors for hypertension include heredity and environmental factors such as obesity, salt intake, physical activity, and alcohol. One-third of teenagers spent their time on school activities, so schools contribute to preventing hypertension in adolescents through Health School Program activities. Objective: to compare the health-promoting school program in Indonesia and Western in the prevention of hypertension. Method: The method used in writing this article was a literature review from 11 specific articles that were collected through google scholar, ProQuest, and SAGE pub search engines, with article inclusion criteria published in 2013-2019. Result: the review found that health promotion program in schools which was implemented in Indonesia have not been effective in preventing the emergence of risk factors for the incidence of hypertension in adolescents, compared with implementation in western. Ineffectiveness that occurs due to nutritional control patterns in adolescents in schools in the absence of regulations governing the nutritional content of student food, the lack of the teacher’s role in implementing health education due to high academic demands, and the lack of parental involvement. Conclusion: There are differences in the implementation of the health promotion program in Indonesia and the Western. The government priority for increasing the quality of live students trough health-promoting schools.

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Priorities for African youth for engaging in DOHaD

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease ◽

10.1017/s2040174417000423 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 15-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

A. J. Macnab ◽

R. Mukisa

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Health Behaviors ◽

Good Health ◽

Economic Factors ◽

Risk Population ◽

What Works ◽

Health Promoting School ◽

Health Promoting ◽

African Youth

A challenge for implementing DOHaD-defined health promotion is how to engage the at-risk population. The WHO Health Promoting School (HPS) model has proven success engaging youth and improving health behaviors. Hence, we introduced DOHaD concepts to 151 pupils aged 12–15 years in three HPS programs in rural Uganda, inquired what factors would make DOHaD-related health promotion resonate with them, and discussed how they recommended making learning about DOHaD acceptable to youth. Economic factors were judged the most compelling; with nutrition and responsive care elements next in importance. Suggested approaches included: teach how good health is beneficial, what works and why, and give tools to use to achieve it, and make information positive rather than linked to later harm. Involve youth in making DOHaD learning happen, make being a parent sound interesting, and include issues meaningful to boys. These are the first data from youth charged with addressing their engagement in the DOHaD agenda.

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Health Promoting Special Schools for Children and Young People With Intellectual Disabilities in Poland: Development of Standards and Self-Evaluation Procedures

International Journal of Special Education (IJSE) ◽

10.52291/ijse.2020.35.11 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Magdalena Woynarowska-Sołdan ◽

Dorota Danielewicz

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Intellectual Disabilities ◽

School Principals ◽

Evaluation Procedure ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Special Schools ◽

Self Evaluation ◽

Evaluation Procedures ◽

Health Promoting School ◽

Health Promoting

The purpose of the study was to present the process and results of developing standards and self-evaluation procedures for health promoting special schools (HPSS) for children with intellectual disabilities. The work was undertaken in order to address the needs of special schools interested in establishing a health promoting school (HPS). We used following methods: 1) Preparation: interviews with principals and teachers at 8 special schools, as well as regional HPS network coordinators, visits to 4 schools; 2) Development of HPSS project standards, self-evaluation procedures and tools: consultations with representatives of 8 schools and with regional coordinators; 3) Pilot study of HPSS the self-evaluation procedure and tools at 8 schools and development of a finalised version: direct observation, document analysis, interviews with selected participants, survey studies of school staff and students’ parents, testing students using one of the following methods: “Draw and write”, “Draw and tell”, conversation or written response. The study included people supporting HPS on a national and regional level, school principals and health promotion coordinators from special schools for students with intellectual disabilities. The pilot study was conducted on a group of 341 teaching staff, 148 non-teaching staff, 468 parents of students, and 435 students. The analysis of the study’s reports and consultations with school principals and health-promotion coordinators from participating schools guided the development of the final version of standards, in addition to the associated model of HPSS and self-evaluation procedure along with a set of tools to measure the accomplishment of the standards. The HPSS standards and self-evaluation procedure were approved by the Ministry of National Education and officially disseminated, with special schools gaining the opportunity to apply for the Health Promoting School National Certificate. The self-evaluation element of HPSS makes it possible to improve the activities of special schools with respect to health promotion while encouraging collaboration and exchange of ideas with regular schools.

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Are Lebanese schools adopting a health promotion approach in their curricula?

Health Education Journal ◽

10.1177/0017896918801716 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 78 (4) ◽

pp. 476-485 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marwan Akel ◽

Iqbal Fahs ◽

Pascale Salameh ◽

Emmanuelle Godeau

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

Dental Health ◽

Well Being ◽

Shared Vision ◽

Awareness Campaigns ◽

Health Promoting School ◽

Health Related ◽

Health Promoting ◽

Improve Health

Introduction: The concept of the health promoting school offers a coherent approach to promoting health and well-being within a whole school community. This study sought to evaluate the health programmes and policies adopted by different Lebanese schools, and their appropriateness for this role as part of health promotion. Methods: Our research took the form of a prospective observational study involving 50 schools from different areas of Lebanon. Data were collected using a questionnaire based on the Health Assessment Tool for Schools (HATS). Data were analysed to describe school characteristics and to reveal differences in the health topics addressed. Results: Most of the schools included in the study came from Mount Lebanon (56%). Around 70% of the involved schools offered health-related courses in their curricula. Health-related seminars and workshops (60%) and health awareness campaigns took place at the studied schools, with 98% incorporating physical education into the curriculum. Dental health (74%), smoking cessation (72%) and physical activity (68%) were among other most addressed topics, while mental health was the least discussed (20%). The majority (70%) of schools had a shared vision of what promoting health involved and sought to promote the active involvement of community members in the life of the school (60%). Around two-thirds of the schools (66%) provided physical support and facilities, and had developed policies for health promotion. Less than half of these schools’ health committees, however, had developed plans to improve health promotion and review data to ensure the effectiveness of their programmes. Conclusion: The study findings suggest that despite weaknesses, the majority of the sampled schools had either implemented or were in the process of implementing a health promoting school programme to improve health education and students’ well-being.

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A coalition partnership of vision health through a health-promoting school program for primary school students in Taiwan

Global Health Promotion ◽

10.1177/1757975915595347 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 23-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Li-Chun Chang ◽

Jong-Long Guo ◽

Li-Ling Liao ◽

Hsiu-Ying Peng ◽

Pei-Lin Hsieh

Keyword(s):

Elementary Schools ◽

School Children ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Rank Test ◽

School Program ◽

School Students ◽

Post Intervention ◽

Health Promoting School ◽

Health Promoting ◽

The Impact

Myopia, the most common refractive error, is the most common cause of avoidable visual impairment among children and has reached epidemic proportions among children and young adults in urban areas of East and Southeast Asia that contain populations of Chinese ancestry. Moreover, vision health is an important theme of the health-promoting school program issued by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of pre- and post-intervention proposed by the health-promoting school (HPS) model. The objectives are to understand whether the HPS model influenced the vision screening results and the attitude, knowledge level, and vision care behavior of the students involved. A prospective cohort study design was used to evaluate a vision health program. Four elementary schools, local education authorities, and one university in northern Taiwan established a coalition partnership to design a six-month program to combat myopia among students. The target population was 6668 school children from local elementary schools. For the purpose of this study, the outcome of visual acuity testing (in logMAR) was analyzed with a sampling of 373 school children (aged 11–12 years old) who were chosen from high prevalence of poor vision classes. After the HPS program, the attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge levels of the school children regarding vision health were significantly improved. The pre-intervention mean logMAR of all participating students ( N = 373) was –.10, which increased to –.19 after the intervention. Analysis using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test showed that the logMAR value was significantly improved after the intervention ( t = 2.13, p < 0.05). Our findings highlight the relevance and effectiveness of the coalition’s efforts, which reinforces the usefulness of co-operatively implementing the HPS program.

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Evaluation of a health-promoting school program to enhance correct medication use in Taiwan

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis ◽

10.1016/j.jfda.2013.09.013 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 271-278 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Hsueh-Yun Chi ◽

Fong-Ching Chang ◽

Hsueh-Ju Lin ◽

Li-Jung Huang ◽

Jung-Chen Chang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Medication Use ◽

School Program ◽

Health Promoting School ◽

Health Promoting

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Bricolage and the Health Promoting School

Qualitative Research Journal ◽

10.1108/qrj-10-2013-0065 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 318-332 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kerry Renwick

Keyword(s):

Health Promotion ◽

Social Justice ◽

Social Action ◽

Well Being ◽

Social Contexts ◽

School Level ◽

Thick Description ◽

Content Type ◽

Health Promoting School ◽

Health Promoting

Purpose – The propositional knowledge about the Health Promoting School (HPS) and how it privileges the health sector, and research through intervention and behaviour change rather than gaining an understanding of how social bases of health impact and influence individuals and the wider school community. The purpose of this paper is to explore how bricolage offers opportunity for understanding complexity, thick description and inter- and multi-disciplinary work. The experience of health promotion and what it looks like at the school level and provides epistemological considerations for reframing research about HPSs for purposes of social justice and equity through bricolage. Design/methodology/approach – An introduction reveals the challenges of health promotion settings, and schools in particular to achieve social justice and equity. Bricolage is discussed with reference to complexity, thick description and inter- and multi-disciplinary work. Considerations are given to bricolage as research to gain understanding and to contribute to social change. Findings – As a setting the HPS is a complex site of social interaction and where there is interplay of multiple, casual factors that influence health and well-being. The potential for social justice and equity remains latent and new approaches to investigating and researching are required. Bricolage offers substantial possibilities as it recognises the value of researching social contexts but with a deliberate intent to engage with participants. Practical implications – This paper considers how bricolage can re-focus ontological and epistemological positions to engage in health promotion as a social action. Originality/value – This paper raises questions about the ability of the HPS model to deliver on social justice under current compliance regimes.

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