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SHE is a comprehensive program promoting health in European schools through evidence-based initiatives involving students, parents, and communities, creating safe environments and influencing health behaviors. It aims to improve overall health and well-being.
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Schools for Health in EuropeSHE Goof Buijs NIGZ 8 June 2008 Vancouver, partnership track
background • ENHPS starts in 1991 • Council of Europe (CE), European Commission (EC) and WHO Regional Office for Europe • National coordinators appointed by Ministry of Health and Education
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION EUROPE EUROPEAN COMMISSION European advisory board:
Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Fed. Slovak Rep. Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland TFY Rep. of Macedonia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Albania Austria Belgium/Fl. Belgium/Fr. Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Armenia Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Member countries
From Iceland to Kazachstan • A whole school approach • Based upon the Ottawa Charter • involving parents, pupils, teachers, communities • Provision of tools, methodologies and technical assistance • Capacity building, partnerships, mobilisation of resources • Country infrastructure • Creation of safe and secure environments • Schools making a contribution to health development • 44 countries participating in the programme
Health promotion in schools • Health promoting school approach
Aim ENHPS To positively influence the health and health behaviour of school-aged children in Europe by developing and implementing quality-based and evidence-based health promotion programmes for the school setting
characteristics • the classroom curriculum • the school social, physical and organisational environment, including: • relationships with the community • health services • partnerships, formal and informal • school policies
partnerships • Education sector - Good and healthy school (Germany) - Effective school - inclusion in curriculum (Scotland) • Health sector and health services • Students, parents, community • Research community • EVA • HBSC
New phase in Europe from 2007 • NIGZ will be WHO collaborating centre for school health promotion • Is now coordinator • Transforming into ‘Schools for Health in Europe’: SHE
Schools for Health in Europe (SHE) • makes HPS more visible • provides direct access to information, good practices, contacts and exchange • opens up for other sectors • helps to put health promoting schools higher on the political agenda in Europe and member states
Links with FRESH • Rich body of knowledge • Over 20 years of expertise in development and implementation • Effective partnerships • Participation
Schools for Health in Europe (SHE) • www.schoolsforhealth.nl