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The Centre for Adolescent Health has a strong history of research, policy and practice at the interface of health, wellbeing and learning. Over the past two years, the Centre for Adolescent Health, as a World Health Organization (WHO<\/a>) Collaborating Centre for Adolescent Health, has led a body of work for WHO and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (<\/u>UNESCO<\/a>)<\/u> that recently culminated in the launch of the first ever Global Standards and Indicators for Health Promoting Schools and Systems and an accompanying Implementation Guidance.<\/p>\n

Siting within the WHO and UNESCO initiative of \u201cMaking every school a Health Promoting School<\/a>\u201d, a United Nations collaboration that includes UNICEF, UNFPA, UNAIDS and UNRWA,the CAH was engaged to review current policies and evidence (in English, French and Spanish), and to develop new global standards, indicators, and an implementation guidance for Health Promoting Schools (HPS). This work has involved a series of discrete yet related projects that have been informed by several rounds of peer review by WHO, UNESCO and other UN organizations, and an international advisory panel.<\/p>\n

The CAH developed eight standards which provide a vision and framework to guide governments and school leadership efforts to support implementation, and tools to identify areas that require policy development and increasing commitment, investment, resources and stakeholder engagement. The standards and benchmarking framework support the creation of \u2018health promoting schools,\u2019 which equally foster health and learning in all aspects of school life.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever before has there been such appreciation of the value of schools as sites for academic and social learning, but also as settings which can enhance student health and wellbeing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Professor Susan Sawyer<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The standards cover both school and government policies and resources, school governance, leadership and community partnerships, a curriculum that supports health and wellbeing such as nutrition and safety, a social-emotional environment fostering equity and diversity and delivering school-linked health services.<\/p>\n

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System of global standards for health-promoting schools<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The health and education sectors will need to collaborate closely to implement these standards. This is a major challenge for Health Promoting Schools as so few professionals can effectively straddle both sectors.<\/p>\n

Projects undertaken by the CAH<\/h3>\n
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  1. Policy Review (lead: Kristina Bennett): A review of current guidelines and policies for HPS and similar initiatives in low, middle, and high income countries<\/li>\n
  2. Evidence Review (lead: Monika Raniti): A systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature on barriers and enabler to implementation of HPS and similar initiatives in low, middle and high income countries<\/li>\n
  3. A series of 8 country Case Profiles on HPS implementation in low and middle income countries \u2013 Bhutan, Indonesia, Paraguay, Philippines, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, Ukraine (lead: Ruth Aston)<\/li>\n
  4. Development of the new Global Standards and Indicators for HPS (lead: Monika Raniti)<\/li>\n
  5. Development of an Implementation Guidance for HPS (lead: Ruth Aston)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Ongoing projects<\/h3>\n
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    1. A related project, funded through a University of Melbourne India School Education Engagement grant (2020), is a case study of implementation of a school-based health program in Bihar, India (Leads: Susan Sawyer, Sachin Shinde, Monika Raniti)<\/li>\n
    2. A related project, funded by the Wellcome Trust, on the role of school connectedness in depression and anxiety in young people (lead: Monika Raniti)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      HPS team<\/h3>\n

      The CAH is remarkably proud of this body of work and wishes to acknowledge everyone who contributed (some are pictured below). The team was comprised of researchers and practitioners who have a depth and breadth of expertise in the intersection between health and education (e.g., school health services, health promoting schools, school-based health interventions).<\/p>\n

      Senior Lead: Professor Susan Sawyer<\/a><\/p>\n

      Postdoctoral Researcher: Dr Monika Raniti<\/a><\/p>\n

      Public Health and Health Promotion specialist: Kristina Bennett<\/p>\n

      Education and Evaluation specialist: Dr Ruth Aston (Centre for Program Evaluation, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne)<\/p>\n

      Consultant: Cristina de Nicol\u00e1s Izquierdo<\/p>\n

      Research assistants: Ella Cehun, Monika Fridgant, Anna Ross, and Catherine Waters<\/p>\n

      Past Volunteers and Interns: Manon Duay, Catherine Waters<\/p>\n

      Communications specialist: Molly O’Sullivan<\/p>\n

      Centre for Adolescent Health Internal Advisory Group:<\/strong> Ms Israt Jahan Baki, Dr Helen Butler, Ms Andrea Krelle, Dr Lisa Mundy, Professor George Patton, A\/Prof Nicola Reavley, Dr Jenny Proimos, Dr Anitra Wierenga, Dr Sachin Shinde, and Dr Jon Quach<\/p>\n

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      Making every school a health-promoting school reports<\/h3>\n

      Making every school a health-promoting school \u2013 Global standards and indicators<\/a><\/p>\n

      Spanish: Hacer que todas las escuelas sean promotoras de la salud. Pautas e indicadores mundiales<\/a><\/p>\n

      Portuguese: Transformar cada escola em uma escola promotora de sa\u00fade: Padr\u00f5es e indicadores globais<\/a><\/p>\n

      Making every school a health-promoting school \u2013 Implementation Guidance<\/a><\/p>\n

      Making every school a health-promoting school \u2013 Country case studies<\/a><\/p>\n

      WHO guideline on school health services<\/a><\/p>\n

      Key publications<\/h3>\n

      Sawyer, S. M., Raniti, M., & Aston, R. (2021). Making every school a health-promoting school.\u00a0The Lancet. Child & adolescent health<\/i>, S2352-4642(21)00190-5. Advance online publication.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S2352-4642(21)00190-5<\/a><\/p>\n

      Raniti, M., Aston, R., Bennett, K., de Nicol\u00e1s, C., Fridgant, M., Cehun, E., Sawyer, S.M. (2020).\u00a0Global Standards and Indicators for Health Promoting Schools<\/a>. Melbourne: Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children\u2019s Research Institute.<\/p>\n

      Aston, R., Raniti, M., Bennett, K., de Nicol\u00e1s,\u00a0 C., Fridgant, M., Cehun, E., Sawyer, S.M. (2020).\u00a0Global Implementation Guidance for Health Promoting Schools<\/a>. Melbourne: Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children\u2019s Research Institute.<\/p>\n

      Bennett, K., Raniti, M., de Nicol\u00e1s, C., Cehun, E., Waters, C., Fridgant, M., Sawyer, S.M. (2020). A global review of policy, standards and guideline documentation for Health Promoting Schools. Melbourne: Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children\u2019s Research Institute. (in press<\/i>)<\/p>\n

      Raniti, M., Fridgant, M., Ross, A., de Nicol\u00e1s, C., Bennett, K., Cehun, E., Reavley, N., Sawyer, S.M. (2020). A systematic review of the enablers and barriers of Health Promoting Schools. Melbourne: Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children\u2019s Research Institute.\u00a0(in press<\/i>)<\/p>\n

      Media<\/h3>\n