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The Standards were developed for people who are interested in advocating for, initiating and strengthening healthy schools across Canada. The Canadian Healthy School Standards define Healthy Schools and provide a framework for promoting health and wellbeing within school communities. They outline a set of interrelated actions that support ...
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A Healthy School is the central hub from which to support...
- Healthy Schools - PHE Canada
- 4 Context
- 4.1 Key Public Health Frameworks and Concepts
- 5 Roles and Responsibilities
- 5.2 Foundational Standards
Improving and protecting the health and well-being of school-aged children and youth is a priority for Ontario’s public health sector, as childhood is a time when health practices and behaviours are learned, and adolescence is a period when both positive health behaviours (such as eating practices and physical activity) and risk behaviours (such as...
This section outlines key public health frameworks and concepts to inform the development and implementation of public health programs and services that contribute to the achievement of optimal health of school-aged children and youth, with an emphasis on social determinants of health, health inequities, and comprehensive health promotion approache...
The Standards accommodate variability across the province and require boards of health to apply the Foundational Standards in assessing the needs of their local population, implementing programs of public health interventions to improve the health of school-aged children and youth, and offering support to school boards and schools within the health...
The Foundational Standards inform all areas of board of health planning and programming as they underlie a comprehensive public health approach. There are three Foundational Standards that have implications for the School Health Standard: Population Health Assessment Standard Public health practice responds effectively to current and evolving condi...
Jul 5, 2021 · Written By Canadian Healthy Schools Alliance. The Canadian Healthy School Standards aim to spark conversations and be a tipping point where the school community comes together to elevate wellbeing in schools. It was prepared for people who are interested in advocating for, initiating and strengthening healthy schools across Canada.
A Healthy School is the central hub from which to support the lifelong health and wellbeing of the child, adolescent and young adult. The Canadian Healthy School Standards were developed by the Canadian Healthy Schools Alliance, a network of organizations on a mission to promote health and well-being in school communities across Canada.
Dec 16, 2021 · The Canadian Healthy School Standards (the Standards) aim to spark conversations and be a tipping point where the school community comes together to elevate wellbeing in schools in a way that: a. Reinforces specific accountability and processes for taking a systemic approach to enhancing wellbeing in schools.
This Toolkit explores how to implement the Canadian Healthy School Standards , with a specific focus on the actions needed at a school system leadership level. It provides a pathway to follow in the form of six interconnected checklists, along with connections to additional resources, acting as your guidebook for creating a healthy learning ...
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Components. A comprehensive school health approach has four distinct but inter-related parts: policy. teaching and learning. partnerships and services. social and physical environment. When we direct our actions to all four components, we support students to realize their full potential as learners and as healthy, productive members of society.
