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Overview of the different
WHO school initiatives
Tilly de Bruin (WHO)
Vancouver, 6 June 2007
Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion – www.who.int/chp/en
Long experience in school health
Mapping of WHO activities to:
1. Provide an overview of all activities;
2. Determine the added value of the DPAS School Policy
Framework
3. Ensure framework will build upon existing knowledge and
activities.
Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion – www.who.int/chp/en
Most important WHO activities (I)
Activity /
programme
By whom
Goal
Targeted
primarily at
Product
Added value policy
framework
School Health
Initiative
WHO (HPR)
Increase health promoting schools
Schools (via
local, national,
regional and
global levels)
WHO information
series on School
Health
(Building School
Partnership Technical
Meeting in
Vancouver)
Specific content for diet and
physical activity + focus on
(sub)national governments
European Network
of Health
Promoting School
(ENPHS)
WHO EURO
To help countries providing tools,
methodologies and technical assistance to
build a health promoting school and to
play a role in capacity building,
partnerships and mobilization of resources
to contribute to the sustainability of the
programs in the different countries
Schools (via
Ministry of
Health)
- Network news
- Growing through
Adolescence
- Developing a Health
Promoting School
- Forum an healthy
eating in schools
- many others
Global tool + specific content
for diet and physical activity +
focus on (sub)national
governments
Focusing
Resources on
Effective School
Health (FRESH)
WHO (HPR),
UNESCO,
UNICEF and
World Bank
To raise the education sector's awareness
of the value of implementing effective
school health programmes as a major
strategy to achieve Education for All
Schools (via
Ministry of
Health)
Basic Framework for
an Effective School
Health and Nutrition
Programme
Policy tool for governments that
will be an umbrella for this
school-focused tool. Plus
specific focus on diet and
physical activity (compared to
health and nutrition)
Nutrition Friendly
School Initiative
(NFSI)
WHO (NHD) in
partnership
with EDC,
FAO, SCN,
UNESCO,
UNICEF, WFP,
World Bank
To increase the number of schools that
provide an enabling environment that
contributes to the health, nutritional wellbeing and improved learning
achievements of children
Schools
Framework for
Nutrition-Friendly
Schools and SelfAppraisal Tool
Policy tool for governments that
will be an umbrella for this
school-focused programme
Food and nutrition
policy for schools
WHO EURO
To provide recommendations on how
schools can best promote health through
offering education and practice of good
nutrition
Schools
Food and nutrition
policy for schools
Global tool for governments
that will be an umbrella for this
school-focused tool +
broadening to including physical
activity
Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion – www.who.int/chp/en
Most important WHO activities (II)
Activity /
programme
By whom
Goal
Targeted
primarily at
Product
Added value policy
framework
WHO European
Ministerial
Conference on
Counteracting
Obesity
WHO EURO
To place obesity high on the public health
and political agendas, to foster greater
awareness and high-level political
commitment to action and to promote
international and intersectoral
partnerships
Governments
- European charter
- The challenge of
obesity in the WHO
European Region and
the strategies for
response
Global tool for governments +
focus on school setting
Global Schoolbased student
Health Survey
(GSHS)
WHO (SPP)
To support countries measure and assess
the behavioral risk factors and protective
factors in 10 key areas among young
people (13-15)
Governments
Surveillance
information for young
people
Policy tool for governments to
make policies, based on GSHS
information
Health Behaviour
in School Aged
Children Survey
(HBSC)
Cross-national
researchers in
collaboration
with WHO
EURO
To gain new insight into, and increase the
understanding of young people's health
and well-being, health behaviours and
their social context
Relevant
audiences
including
researchers,
health and
education policy
makers, health
promotion
practitioners,
teachers, parents
and young
people
- HSBC International
Survey Reports
- WHO Policy series:
Health Policy for
Children and
Adolescents
- Journal articles
Global tool, based on HBSC
information + focus on diet and
physical activity
Framework for
country action
WHO (SPP)
To support policy makers in developing,
implementing and evaluating policies,
plans and programs to prevent and control
chronic diseases
Governments
Preventing Chronic
Diseases: a
Framework for
Country Action
Specific content for school
setting
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Conclusions
There is not yet a global WHO policy tool:
•
aimed at governments (macro-level)
•
focused on how to improve dietary habits and increase physical activity
•
via the school setting.
A considerable amount of knowledge and experience is available to build upon.
•
incorporate this knowledge
•
make sure DPAS School Policy Framework follows from these initiatives.
Member States need a
DPAS School Policy Framework
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