Case Studies in Global School Health Promotion

Cheryl Vince Whitman is a Senior Vice President and Division Director of the Health & Human Development Programs at Education Development Center. Carmen Aldinger is a Project Director at Education Development Center (Newton, MA), where she manages the WHO Collaborating Center to Promote Health through Schools and Communities.

• 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'

From the reviews: "Using a case-based approach, this book describes the application of the health-promoting school (HPS) model to improve child health outcomes globally. ... The audience is primarily graduate students in public health, education, allied health professions, and social sciences. A secondary audience is educators, policy makers, professionals and administrators in national governments, universities, nongovernmental agencies, schools, and civil society. The use of the case-based application is effective in covering the conceptual framework of HPS." (Carole A. Kenner, Doody's Review Service, July, 2009)