Case Studies in Global School Health Promotion From Research to Practice
For each program, case study authors explain the problems they tackled, their motivation and supports to respond creatively; and the barriers they faced. In the cases, authors describe the capacities and infrastructure they created and mechanisms for cooperation; as well as the personnel, financial,...
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2009, 2009
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2009 |
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Table of Contents:
- Section 1. Introduction and Overview of Findings
- Introduction and Background
- Framing Theories and Implementation Research
- Overview of Findings from Case Study Analysis
- Section 2. Case Studies
- Africa
- Kenya: Action-Oriented and Participatory Health Education in Primary Schools
- Mauritius: Health Promotion for Youth
- Nigeria: Health-Promoting Schools
- South Africa: Sapphire Road Primary
- The Americas
- Barbados: School Health Case Study
- Brazil: Addressing the Social Determinants of Health: The Experience of a Municipal School in Rio de Janeiro
- Canada: Case Study
- Nicaragua: The Social 'Treasure' of Participation
- United States of America: The Michigan Journey Toward Coordinated School Health
- Uruguay: Mainstreaming Health Promotion in Education Policies
- Europe
- Germany: Anschub.de—'Alliance for sustainable school health and education'
- Kosovo: A Health-Promoting Schools Approach to Reduce the Risks of Lead Poisoning and to Establish Cross-Ethnic Collaboration
- Poland: The Health-Promoting School National Certificate
- Scotland: Sustaining the Development of Health-Promoting Schools—The Experience of Scotland in the European Context
- Eastern Mediterranean
- Bahrain: National Comprehensive School Health Program, Health-Promoting Schools
- Oman: Health-Promoting Schools—Collaboration and Investment
- United Arab Emirates: Health-Promoting Schools—Strategies for Policy Change
- South and Southeast Asia
- China: Implementing Health-Promoting Schools inZhejiang Province, China
- Hong Kong: Health-Promoting Schools
- India: Implementing Health-Promoting Schools—HOPE Initiative
- Lao PDR: Strengthening the School Health Initiative
- Philippines: Supporting Health Promotion in Schools Through the Urbani School Health Kit
- Singapore:Health-Promoting Schools—The CHERISH Award
- Viet Nam
- Western Pacific
- Australia: The New South Wales School-Link Initiative
- Cook Islands: The 'Strengthening Project'