Promoting Health and Wellbeing through Schools

ISBN 10: 0415493412 / ISBN 13: 9780415493413

Published by Routledge, 2010

About this Item

Offering advice on effective intervention, this title provides an overview of the key issues that need to be addressed. Editor(s): Aggleton, Peter; Dennison, Catherine; Warwick, Ian. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNF; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385. . 2010. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Promoting Health and Wellbeing through Schools
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415493412
• ISBN 13: 9780415493413
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

The contribution schools can make to improving students’ health and wellbeing is increasingly recognised. Schools that have embraced this role and adapted policies and practices to create an environment in which young people feel safe and happy have reported broad and significant gains.

Through expert contributions from active researchers and experienced practitioners, Promoting Health and Wellbeing through Schools combines recent research with knowledge of the current climate in which schools are operating. Offering authoritative advice on effective intervention, this book provides an overview of the key issues that need to be addressed, including:

• alcohol use
• sexual health
• drug use
• obesity
• mental health.

This accessible text is innovative in its focus on how schools can build partnerships with young people, parents, and health professionals to promote their commitment to health and wellbeing. It highlights successful approaches for promoting health and educational goals, and provides useful advice on planning and evaluation.

Promoting Health and Wellbeing through Schools is invaluable reading for professionals working in and with schools to implement healthy schools programmes and to bring about improvement in health and wellbeing, including teachers, nurses, and health and education managers. It is also of interest to students, researchers and policy-makers.

About the Author

Peter Aggleton is Professor of Education and Health and holds a UNSW Strategic Chair at the National Centre in HIV Social Research, University of New South Wales, Australia.

Catherine Dennison is Research Manager for the Children and Young People’s Public Health Programme at the Department of Health, UK.

Ian Warwick is Senior Research Officer at the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.