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Skills-based health education including life skills

Skills-based health education including life skills. Making the links Unicef, New York. Also go to http://www.unicef.org/programme/lifeskills/mainmenu.html. What is the link?. Child Friendly Schools. F.R.E.S.H. Health Promoting Schools. Skills-based health education. Life skills.

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Skills-based health education including life skills

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  1. Skills-based health educationincluding life skills Making the links Unicef, New York Also go to http://www.unicef.org/programme/lifeskills/mainmenu.html

  2. What is the link? Child Friendly Schools F.R.E.S.H. Health Promoting Schools Skills-based health education Life skills

  3. Child Friendly Schools • Quality learners:healthy, well-nourished, ready to learn, and supported by their family and community • Quality content:curricula and materials for literacy, numeracy, knowledge, attitudes, and skills for life • Quality teaching-learning processes:child-centred; (life) skills-based approaches, technology • Quality learning environments:policies and practices, facilities (classrooms, water, sanitation), services (safety, physical and psycho-social health) • Quality outcomes:knowledge, attitudes and skills; suitable assessment, at classroom and national levels • And gender-sensitive throughout

  4. Child-seeking and Child-centred • Inclusive of children • Effective for learning • Healthy and protective for children • Involved with children, families, and communities • Gender-sensitive

  5. What is FRESH ? Focusing Resources on Effective School Health A partnership: UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO, WORLD BANK

  6. FRESH Core intervention activities • Effective health, hygiene and nutrition policies for schools • Sanitation and access to safe water facilities for all schools • Skills based health, hygiene & nutrition education • School based health & nutrition services Supporting activities • Effective partnerships between teachers and health workers • Effective community partnerships • Pupil participation

  7. What is skills-based health education ? • part of good quality education • not just for health issues • not just for schools

  8. Skills-based health education... - hasbehaviour change as part of programme objectives - has a balance of knowledge, attitudes and skills - uses participatory teaching and learning methods - is based on student needs - is gender sensitive throughout

  9. Content Methods The content areas of skills-health education The methods for teaching & learning

  10. Content Methods What topic? What issue? Knowledge Attitudes Skills (life) About what? Towards what? For what? Learning Outcomes

  11. Content (Life) Skills knowledge attitudes Communication skills Values analysis & clarification skills Decision making skills Coping & stress management skills

  12. Methods for teaching & learning better - child-centred - interactive & participatory - group work & discussion - brainstorming - role play - educational games - debates - practising people skills

  13. Who can facilitate? Just about anybody! - teachers - young people (peer educators) - community agencies - religious groups - others...

  14. What settings can be used? Just about any setting! - school - community - street - vocational - religious - existing groups or clubs - others...

  15. % adolescents ever had sex (at ages 13, 15, 19) % adolescents who know how to protect themselves % adolescents infected with HIV (15-19; m:f) % adolescents able to resist unwanted sex % adolescents using intravenous drugs % adolescents with STIs % adolescents addicted to intravenous drugs Expected outcomesOutput depends on input HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT GOALS BEHAVIOURAL OUTCOMES ANTECEDENTS: PROTECTIVE & RISK FACTORS School, community, national plus... media campaigns, national policies, health & social services School, community plus... policies, health services, community partnerships... Effort required School ... Skills-based health ed plus...

  16. Evaluation Session/classroom level - immediate KAS outcome Behaviour level - behavioural outcome Epidemiological level - health outcome

  17. Barriersto the life skills approach - poorly understood - competing priorities - poor policy support - poor and uneven implementation

  18. 3 main ways to implement in schools Fast TrackSlow Track • 1. “carrier” subject 2. separate subject • or unit of work (long term option) • (short term option) • 3. infusion/integration (not recommended)

  19. Priority Actions • Away from… Towards…. • small scale………………. national coverage • isolated education • programs……………….... comprehensive - FRESH • integration………………..Single carrier subject • creating new materials…. better use of what is • generic programs………. specific (health and social) • outcomes • HIV/AIDS & life skills as • an add-on……………….. dedicated staff, training & • support over time

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