School Health

Ensuring that children are healthy and able to learn is an essential component of an effective education system. Good health increases enrollment and reduces absenteeism, and brings more of the poorest and most disadvantaged children to school, many of whom are girls. It is these children who are often the least healthy and most malnourished, and who have the most to gain educationally from improved health. Effective school health programs that are developed as part of community partnerships provide one of the most cost-effective ways to reach school age children, adolescents, and the broader community, and are a sustainable way to promote healthy practices. The new FRESH framework (Focusing Resources on Effective School Health) is the starting point for developing an effective school health, hygiene and nutrition program in a more child friendly and health promoting school. This Note summarizes ways to improve school health and increase educational outcomes.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2002-03
Subjects:	SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMS, SCHOOL CHILDREN'S NUTRITION, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, POOR CHILDREN, CHILD NUTRITION, CHILDREN NUTRITION, HEALTH EDUCATION, SAFE WATER SUPPLY, GIRLS' EDUCATION SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMS, GIRLS' EDUCATION, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING, ADEQUATE SANITATION FACILITIES, ADOLESCENT GIRLS, ADOLESCENT PREGNANCIES, ADOLESCENTS, AGED, ALCOHOL EDUCATION, BASIC EDUCATION STRATEGIES, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILD SURVIVAL, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, COMMUNITIES, CONDOMS, CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES, CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM SKILLS, DISABILITIES, DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, DISCRIMINATION, DROP-OUTS, EARLY CHILD CARE, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, EFFECTIVE EDUCATION, EPIDEMIC, FAMILIES, FAMILY LIFE, FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, FAMILY PLANNING, FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES, FORMAL LEARNING, GENDER, GENDER BIAS, GIRLS IN EDUCATION, GROSS ENROLLMENT, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES, GROSS ENROLMENT, GROSS ENROLMENT RATES, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH POLICIES, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HELMINTH INFECTION, HELMINTH INFECTIONS, HIV, HIV INFECTION, HIV/AIDS, HYGIENE, HYGIENE EDUCATION, INTERVENTION, IRON, LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT, LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, LIFE SKILLS, LIFESTYLES, MENTAL DEVELOPMENT, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MORBIDITY, NEW ENTRANTS, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUMBER OF GIRLS, NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, NUTRITION, NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITION PROGRAM, ORPHANS, POOR HEALTH, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT GIRLS, REPETITION RATES, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RURAL CHILDREN, SAFE WATER, SANITATION, SANITATION FACILITIES, SANITATION IN SCHOOLS, SCHOOL AGE, SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN, SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN, SCHOOL CHILDREN, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION, SCHOOL CURRICULUM, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL HEALTH, SCHOOL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, SCHOOL POLICIES, SCHOOL POPULATION, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL-AGE, SCHOOL-AGE CHILD, SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SEX, SEX EDUCATION, SEXUAL ACTIVITY, SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, SEXUALITY, SEXUALITY EDUCATION, SKILLED WORKFORCE, SMOKING, SOCIAL EQUITY, SOCIETY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TEACHERS, TEEN, UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION, UNWANTED PREGNANCIES, VITAMIN A, VULNERABILITY, VULNERABLE CHILDREN, YOUNG MOTHERS, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/11983173/school-health https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9779
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