Health Promotion for Child and Adolescents

1. Health Promotion for Child and Adolescents • Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion Plan • Visual Health Promotion Plan • Oral Health Promotion Plan • Hearing Health Promotion Plan • Sexuality Education Plan • Health Promoting Schools Program

3. Injury Control & Prevention and Safe Community • Safe community：urban, rural, mountain aboriginal, and seashore aboriginal • Home safety programs: -Injury control and prevention for children -Fall prevention programs for the elderly • Drowning prevention programs • Prevention of carbon monoxide intoxication • Injury awareness and preventive care for foreign born women • Vital statistics and its application • Pilot study of safe schools

4. Visual Health Major Task • Preventive measures are taken to either prevention or delay the occurrence of myopia , and to reduce the rate of high myopia. • To promote vision health, children five years thoughtout the country are screened for strabismus and amblyopia . Reduce the rate of myopia， strabismus and amblyopia Community service network • Ophthalmologists volunteering for community service will be organized in a network to promote education, counseling, treatment, and re-examination for vision health. • Has drafted “Visual Health Act”, to integration of resources for eliminating avoidable blindness “Visual Health Act”,

5. Oral Health Major Tasks • Advocate Taiwan oral health five years strategic plan • Establish Taiwan oral health surveillance systems • Disable people oral health preventive plan • Conduct national oral health surveys Oral Health promoting strategic • Professionally applied fluoride treatment under 5 years old • Fluoride mouth rinse program for school children • Increase collaboration & coordination “ Health Promoting School Initiate “ with MOE • Sealant application in remote area Reduce the rate of caries prevalence

6. Hearing Health Major Tasks • Expand newborn hearing screening services by hospitals and clinics • Promoting hot line services for newborn screening and hearing health education • Holding newborn hearing screening conference • Following up positive cases and treatment for abnormality • Planning to set up hearing screening registry and notification system • Training more professionals • Scientific research and evaluation

7. Current status Teen Pregnancy Prevention in Taiwan Birth rate of teen-girl aged 15-19 years Birth rate ‰ 15.37 13.78 14.04 12.90 13.50 12.95 10.89 9.75 year Resource :population statistics of Ministry of the Interior

8. Government & local The ABC principle, A for Abstinence, B for Be-faithful, and C for Condom, has been promoted in schools, communities and society as a whole. STRATEGIES School 1.training program for school teachers how to effectively teach sex educationusing the “Sexual Education Media for High School”. 2. promote sexuality education in the Health pormotin school. Community To setup Adolescent Health Clinics There are 47 hospitals established. Society To establish Young Website (www.young.gov.tw) An online FAQ for teenagers.

9. Health Promoting Schools (HPS) in Taiwan • 2004: Cooperation Declaration Signed by Minister of Education, Department of Health, City Governments, Teachers, and parents to implement HPS ,48 schools participated HPS. • 2005: Established 4 years national Program ,318 schools participated HPS.

10. Education resource Center Media Center Teacher training center Online faculty support  Support and review tour (on-site visits)  Formulation and implementation of regulations HPS Advancement Work Establish student health exam database  Intervention model research  International cooperation • Circulation of teaching materials • Integration of online resources • Publication of support materials Trainer to trainer platform Administrative Coordination & Interdepartmental Cooperation Monitoring and evaluation of HPS project  On-the-job faculty training  Teaching material development Life skill training Central level propaganda Local level propaganda