Healthy schools - Health Promoting Schools
Healthy school is an initiative particularly designed to take the opportunity to encourage healthier lifestyles in children (Porter, 2005). A whole school approach and community development work can be particularly effective in building the health capacity of communities (U.K. Department of Health, 2001a). Moreover, WHO (2012) claims that an effective school health programme can be one of the most cost effective investments a nation can make to simultaneously improve education and health.
Health improvement activities within schools include: