The Healthy Schools Program promotes a whole school – whole child approach to health.
Healthy Schools is intended to deliver real benefits in respect of :
- Improvement in health and reduced health inequalities
- Raised pupil achievement
- More social inclusion ; and ,
- Closer working between health promotion providers and education establishments
The program is intended for all children and young people to be healthy and achieve at school and in life. School children should be provided with health programs that will help them develop the best healthy lifestyle. And this healthy lifestyle will help them improve their academic level.
Schools should provide the following programs in order to achieve optimum health among school children :
- School Supplementary Feeding Program
- Malunggay – Based Food Supplement
- First Aid Treatment For All School Children
- Healthy Food Snacks in the School Child – Friendly Canteen
- Handwashing and Toothbrushing Drill
- Deworming of Undernourished Pupils
- Nutritious Value Meal
- Vegetable Garden
- Sight For Kids
- Symposium on Dengue Prevention
These best health practices will help the pupils improve the health status and move towards a healthy school community.
By: MYLA L. PASTOR | SPED TEACHER I | Antonio G. Llamas Elementary School | Mariveles, Bataan
