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Into the Blender What is a Health Promoting School?

Into the Blender What is a Health Promoting School?. The Time is NOW! Taking Action on School Health March 19, 2008. WHAT is a blender?. “…an electric kitchen appliance with rotating blades used for puréeing, liquefying, or finely chopping.” (Oxford Canadian Dictionary, 1998). What is

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Into the Blender What is a Health Promoting School?

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  1. Into the BlenderWhat is a Health Promoting School? The Time is NOW! Taking Action on School Health March 19, 2008

  2. WHAT is a blender? “…an electric kitchen appliance with rotating blades used for puréeing, liquefying, or finely chopping.” (Oxford Canadian Dictionary, 1998)

  3. What is the PURPOSE of a blender? “…combine compatible ingredients to produce something that tastes good!” (Doug’s Dictionary of Mixology, 2007)

  4. WHAT is a school? “An institution for educating or giving instruction, especially one for students under 19 years.” (Oxford Canadian Dictionary, 1998)

  5. What is the PURPOSE of a school? “…ensure that students attain the knowledge and skills required for lifelong learning, work and citizenship.” (Alberta Education Business Plan: 2006-2009)

  6. BLENDER DEMO #1

  7. Lessons from the Blender #1 #1. You need the RIGHT MIX of ingredients! #2. Ingredients need to ALIGN WITH THE PURPOSE of the blender!

  8. Health Promoting Schools A whole school approach where health promotion is addressed by all stakeholders over a long period of time through intense integration, coordination, and enhancements to • Curriculum and teaching methods • Social & physical environments • Family, school, and community partnerships and services

  9. Health Promoting Schools Instruction home community school Services/supports Environment

  10. Successful Comprehensive School Health involves: • Champions of HPS (in and out of schools) • Facilitation of planning processes • Evidence-based, promising practice • Evaluation • Multi-level support (sandwich effect)

  11. Research - W.H.O. Sarah Stewart-Brown’s meta-analysis (2006) found that the most effective Health Promoting School initiatives focused on: • Physical Activity (Active Living) • Nutrition (Healthy Eating) • Mental Health Promotion (Wellbeing) And were: • Long term • High intensity • Multi-factorial • Involved changes to the school environment

  12. Alberta DataACHSC Survey - Priorities • Nutrition & Bullying/violence prevention (tied for first place) • Mental health/well-being • Physical activity (Alberta Coalition for Healthy School Communities, 2006)

  13. FURTHER FINDINGSACHSC Survey • 89% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that they have personal passion, commitment and energy for HPS • 72% disagreed or strongly disagreed that there are adequate financial resources for HPS. (Alberta Coalition for Healthy School Communities, 2006)

  14. Ever Active Schools Evaluation 100% of member schools found the program valuable Percentage of participants reporting inadequate staff resources as a barrier: • Member Schools (48) 89.6% • Non-member Schools (36) 100% (Ever Active Schools, 2005)

  15. Ever Active Schools Evaluation Percentage of member schools making significant progress towards creating a Healthy Active School Community - 81.3% Percentage of member schools selecting EAS as the primary contributor - 89.6% Percentage of non-members who would appreciate support in creating a Healthy Active School Community - 94.4% (Ever Active Schools, 2005)

  16. Promising Alberta Research Battle River Project (EAS) • 22 schools (+ a district office!), 1 coordinator and release time • BRSD, EAS, ECH • Physical activity, healthy eating, mental wellbeing APPLE (SPH – UofA) • 10 schools, 10 facilitators • Healthy eating and active living REAL Kids Alberta (SPH – UofA) • Provincial measurement (200+ schools including the above) • Principal, parent and student surveys, height and weight measures

  17. BLENDER DEMO #2

  18. Lessons from the Blender #2 When we achieve the RIGHT MIX of ingredients and are ALIGNED WITH THE PURPOSE of the blender…

  19. Final Thought Let us rethink school health away from kits and projects to solve problems and use the school as an ongoing setting where health is created, supportive environments are built, partnerships made and many skills are learned. Then we might be able to say this is what school communities can realistically do to build the health and well being of their students now and into the future. St. Leger, 2004, p. 408

  20. THANK YOU! doug@everactive.org www.everactive.org

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