Albert Lee|Angela Kwok Fung Lo|Queenie Li|Vera M. W. Keung|Amy Kwong
Health Promoting Schools: An Update
Chinese University of Hong Kong|Chinese University of Hong Kong|Chinese University of Hong Kong|Chinese University of Hong Kong|Chinese University of Hong Kong
concept health promoting school found effective improve health wellbeing students well help teaching learning school effective implementation health promoting school complex intervention involving multifactorial innovative activity many domains curriculum school environment community many studies evaluating health promoting school include outcomes reflecting organisational structural change many studies quantitative nature statistical assumptions valid reflecting organisational structure changes recent global meetings experts reviewed impact student health perspectives school environment school policies health action competencies healthy living community linkage english wessex healthy school award scheme hong kong healthy school awards scheme developed detailed systems analyse whether individual school reached standard model health promoting school reflecting holistic appreciation understanding effects schoolbased health promotion positive awardrelated changes however many schools able implement health promoting school entirety cores indicators needed starting point wider implementation hong kong healthy school awards scheme still ongoing data analysis indicators significant correlation better health wellbeing identified core indicators substantiated requirements successful outcomes supplementing established awardscheme framework review recent literature documents framework health promoting school would go beyond improvement health literacy enable efficient system education health children hence good investment children