Strengthening the Education Sector Response to School Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean Region : A Rapid Survey of 13 Countries

Recent studies point to a number of current and emerging concerns in the health and nutrition of school-age children in the Caribbean region. Critical among them are: infectious diseases including HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs); non-communicable diseases (NCDs); and violence. Common health conditions including diabetes, hypertension and heart disease in the adult population can be positively linked to unhealthy lifestyles in youth. These health challenges, combined with a large school-age population, which in some countries may be a sizable third of the overall population, make a strong national response to the health and nutritional needs of school-age children particularly vital. As lifelong patterns of behavior and thinking are established during youth, it is critical to ensure early and widespread promotion of healthy practices related to sexual behavior, nutrition and a healthy lifestyle in general in the school-age population, resulting in a healthier adult population in the future. The rapid survey and this resulting report contribute to the collection of locally relevant evidence, as well as regional information relevant to School Health and Nutrition (SHN) and HIV, to build a sound evidence base at both country and regional levels to inform policy and strategy. It has further application as a resource for knowledge sharing as it provides a comparative perspective on activities and initiatives thus far implemented throughout the Caribbean region, and on the allocation and mobilization of resources used to support these activities and initiatives.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	O'Connell, Tara, Venkatesh, Mohini, Bundy, Donald
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-03
Subjects:	ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION, ACTIVE LEARNING, ADOLESCENTS, ADULT POPULATION, AGED, AIDS PREVENTION, ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATION, BARRIERS TO EDUCATION, BASIC EDUCATION, BEHAVIOUR CHANGE, BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAREGIVERS, CAUSES OF DEATH, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CLASSROOM, CLINICS, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, CONDOMS, CREATIVE THINKING, CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM CONTENT, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS, DELIVERY MECHANISM, DIABETES, DIET, DISCRIMINATION, DROPOUT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION BUDGET, EDUCATION CURRICULUM, EDUCATION DATA, EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION FOR ALL, EDUCATION INITIATIVES, EDUCATION MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION MINISTERS, EDUCATION MINISTRIES, EDUCATION PERSONNEL, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION STRATEGY, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, EFFECTIVE LEARNING, EFFECTIVE POLICIES, EPIDEMIC, FAMILIES, FAMILY LIFE, FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, FORMAL EDUCATION SECTOR, FREE COMPULSORY PRIMARY EDUCATION, FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION, FRIENDLY SCHOOL, FRIENDLY SCHOOLS, GENDER EQUITY, GENDER GAP, GIRLS, GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATION, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH MESSAGES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH WORKERS, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, HEALTHY LIFE, HEALTHY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, HIV, HIV INFECTION, HOLISTIC APPROACH, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, HUSBANDS, HYGIENE, HYGIENE EDUCATION, HYPERTENSION, ILL HEALTH, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, INFECTION RATES, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INTERVENTIONS, IRON, KNOWLEDGE SHARING, LEADERSHIP, LEARNERS, LEARNING, LEARNING MATERIALS, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LEGAL STATUS, LIFE SKILLS, LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION, LIFE-SKILLS, LIFE-SKILLS EDUCATION, LIFELONG LEARNING, LIFESTYLES, LOW SCHOOL ENROLMENT, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MANUALS, MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS, MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MORTALITY, NATIONAL AIDS, NATIONAL CURRICULUM, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL POLICIES, NATIONAL POLICY, NATIONAL SCHOOL, NON-FORMAL EDUCATION, NUMBER OF TEACHERS, NUTRITION, NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITION INITIATIVES, NUTRITION POLICY, NUTRITIONAL NEEDS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN, OBESITY, ORPHANS, PARITY, PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOLS, PARTICIPATORY TEACHING, PEER EDUCATION, POLICY DOCUMENT, POLICY MAKERS, POOR CLASSROOM PERFORMANCE, POOR HEALTH, POPULATION SECTOR, PREGNANCY, PREVENTION EDUCATION, PRIMARY LEVEL, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PROGRESS, PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES, SAFE WATER, SANITATION, SANITATION FACILITIES, SANITATION IN SCHOOLS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, SCHOOL AGE, SCHOOL AGE POPULATION, SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN, SCHOOL BUILDINGS, SCHOOL CHILDREN, SCHOOL ENROLMENTS, SCHOOL FEEDING, SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS, SCHOOL FEES, SCHOOL HEALTH, SCHOOL HYGIENE, SCHOOL NUTRITION, SCHOOL POLICIES, SCHOOL SETTINGS, SCHOOL SURVEY, SCHOOL SURVEY DATA, SCHOOL TUITION, SCHOOL-AGE, SCHOOL-AGE CHILD, SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION, SCHOOLCHILDREN, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SEPARATE LATRINES, SERVICE TRAINING, SEXUAL ABUSE, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, SEXUALITY, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, SICK LEAVE, SKILLED TEACHERS, SKILLED WORKFORCE, SKILLS TRAINING, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL STUDIES, STIS, STUDENT SUPPORT, SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, TEACHER, TEACHER ABSENTEEISM, TEACHER RECRUITMENT, TEACHER SUPPLY, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING METHODS, TEXTBOOKS, TOLERANCE, TRAINING MATERIALS, TRAINING OF TEACHERS, TRAINING TO TEACHERS, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, VIOLENCE, VITAMIN A, VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION, VITAMIN DEFICIENCY, VULNERABLE CHILDREN, WORK ENVIRONMENT, WORKERS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/03/16366716/strengthening-education-sector-response-school-health-nutrition-hivaids-caribbean-region-rapid-survey-13-countries https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12918
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