Pillar Five
What does nutrition and health promotion look like?
What does a CSTL school that provides nutrition and health promotion look like? | A CSTL school that provides nutrition and health promotion has healthy and well-nourished children who attend school regularly, complete their schooling, and are able to participate fully, concentrate in class and perform to their full academic, sporting and cultural potential.It provides: 1. Nutritional support, including school feeding and education to all learners through the curriculum, school feeding programmes and food gardens 2. Promotive and preventative health education to promote healthy living and responsible behaviours 3. Access to quality adolescent- and youth-friendly health services to complement the education provided—enabling learners to use the information and put it into practice by using heath promotive, preventative and therapeutic treatments to avoid diseases, know their health status, and promote healthy behaviours 4. A comprehensive package of education and services through multi-sectoral integrated, adolescent-targeted school health programmes that secure high-quality health education including:
5. All educators and health practitioners are trained on CSE and adolescent- and youth-friendly health serviceS 6. Strong and effective partnerships are established and maintained between the school and local/mobile clinic that offers adolescent- and youth-friendly services that complement the education provided, thus enabling learners to put their knowledge into good practices 7. Effective referral systems between the schools and clinics to ensure routine access to screening services and treatment where required |
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