Health-promoting schools: an opportunity for oral health promotion
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Health-promoting schools : an opportunity for oral health promotion. / Kwan, Stella Y L; Petersen, Poul Erik; Pine, Cynthia M; Borutta, Annerose.
In: Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol. 83, No. 9, 09.2005, p. 677-85.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Health-promoting schools
T2 - an opportunity for oral health promotion
AU - Kwan, Stella Y L
AU - Petersen, Poul Erik
AU - Pine, Cynthia M
AU - Borutta, Annerose
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - Schools provide an important setting for promoting health, as they reach over 1 billion children worldwide and, through them, the school staff, families and the community as a whole. Health promotion messages can be reinforced throughout the most influential stages of children's lives, enabling them to develop lifelong sustainable attitudes and skills. Poor oral health can have a detrimental effect on children's quality of life, their performance at school and their success in later life. This paper examines the global need for promoting oral health through schools. The WHO Global School Health Initiative and the potential for setting up oral health programmes in schools using the health-promoting school framework are discussed. The challenges faced in promoting oral health in schools in both developed and developing countries are highlighted. The importance of using a validated framework and appropriate methodologies for the evaluation of school oral health projects is emphasized.
AB - Schools provide an important setting for promoting health, as they reach over 1 billion children worldwide and, through them, the school staff, families and the community as a whole. Health promotion messages can be reinforced throughout the most influential stages of children's lives, enabling them to develop lifelong sustainable attitudes and skills. Poor oral health can have a detrimental effect on children's quality of life, their performance at school and their success in later life. This paper examines the global need for promoting oral health through schools. The WHO Global School Health Initiative and the potential for setting up oral health programmes in schools using the health-promoting school framework are discussed. The challenges faced in promoting oral health in schools in both developed and developing countries are highlighted. The importance of using a validated framework and appropriate methodologies for the evaluation of school oral health projects is emphasized.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Child
KW - Child, Preschool
KW - Health Promotion
KW - Humans
KW - Infant
KW - Infant, Newborn
KW - Oral Health
KW - Schools
KW - World Health
U2 - /S0042-96862005000900013
DO - /S0042-96862005000900013
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 16211159
VL - 83
SP - 677
EP - 685
JO - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
JF - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
SN - 0042-9686
IS - 9
ER -
ID: 118520082