SABER - School Health : Preliminary Assessment of School Health Policies in the Caribbean Community

This report presents the findings of the 2012 pilot assessment of the school health policies for the following Caribbean community (CARICOM) countries: Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Lucia, Barbados, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The objective of this exercise is to help countries to identify the strengths and weaknesses in their school health policy frameworks, with the understanding that sound a policy framework is a critical component of effective school health programming. The result is a preliminary report on the status of development of the school health policy framework in the six countries. Section one gives introduction. Section two briefly discusses the importance of school health programs in contributing to education sector goals and the development of international consensus on the basic building blocks of effective school health programs. Section three discusses the conceptual framework of system assessment and benchmarking for education results (SABER) - school health, and introduces the components of the SABER - school health framework and scoring system. Section four provides the context for and objectives of this assessment as well the methodology used for data collection. Section five presents the results for the six countries: first by individual country and then as a comparative analysis across each of four policy domains.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Ebenezer, Roshini, Nannynonjo, Harriet
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-03
Subjects:	ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, ACCESSIBILITY, ADOLESCENTS, AGED, AIDS EPIDEMIC, ALCOHOL MISUSE, ATTENDANCE RATES, BARRIER, BASIC NUTRITION, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOMS, COGNITIVE FUNCTION, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT, COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL HEALTH, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, CREATIVE THINKING, CRIME, CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, DECISION MAKING, DIABETES, DISABILITIES, EDUCATION CURRICULUM, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, EDUCATION FOR ALL, EDUCATION MINISTRIES, EDUCATION OUTCOMES, EDUCATION POLICIES, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION STRATEGY, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL ACCESS, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE, EFFECTIVE EDUCATION, EXAMS, EXERCISES, FAMILIES, FAMILY LIFE, FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, FIRST AID, FORMAL SCHOOL, GENDER, GENDER ISSUES, GENDER-SENSITIVE, GIRLS, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH EDUCATION CURRICULA, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH POLICIES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTHY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, HEARING, HELMINTH INFECTION, HIV, HIV/AIDS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HYGIENE, HYPERTENSION, INCLUSION, INFLUENZA, INSERVICE TRAINING, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INTERPERSONAL SKILLS, INTERVENTION, LEADERSHIP, LEARNERS, LEARNING, LEARNING MATERIALS, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LIFE SKILLS, LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION, LIFE-SKILLS, LOW SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, MAINSTREAMING, MALNUTRITION, MEDICAL SERVICES, MENTAL DISABILITY, NATIONAL CURRICULUM, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY, NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS, NATIONAL SCHOOL, NATIONAL SCHOOL CURRICULUM, NUTRITION, NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, NUTRITION PROBLEMS, NUTRITION PROGRAM, OBESITY, ORAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, PHYSICAL DISABILITY, PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, POOR CLASSROOM PERFORMANCE, PREGNANCY, PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT, QUALITY ASSURANCE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RESEARCH INSTITUTE, RISK FACTORS, SAFETY, SANITATION, SANITATION FACILITIES, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL BUILDINGS, SCHOOL CHILDREN, SCHOOL COMMUNITY, SCHOOL CURRICULA, SCHOOL EDUCATION, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, SCHOOL FEEDING, SCHOOL HEALTH, SCHOOL HEALTH CURRICULUM, SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION, SCHOOL HYGIENE, SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOL LEVELS, SCHOOL POLICIES, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOL SETTING, SCHOOL-HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, SCHOOLCHILDREN, SCHOOLS, SCREENING, SEXUAL ABUSE, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SKILLED WORKFORCE, SKILLS TRAINING, SMOKING, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL SUPPORT, SPECIAL NEEDS, STUDENT PARTICIPATION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, TEACHER, TEACHER PREPARATION, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING MATERIALS, TRAINING FOR TEACHERS, TRAINING OF TEACHERS, VACCINATION, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/24026149/saber-school-health-preliminary-assessment-school-health-policies-caribbean-community-caricom https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21544
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