This review of progress being made in SH in Canada will be taken from several sources and is being funded by the Health & Learning Knowledge Centre of the Canadian Council on Learning. Several authors will be asked to contribute to different sections of the report that are focused on the different health topics that can be addressed in SH programs. This report will be updated periodically. All comments, edits and chnages should be made by December 31, 2007, after which the paper will be released to the public. Thank you for your participation.
Foreword
Status Report on School Health in Canada in 2007 Prepared by Douglas McCall, Executive Director, Canadian Association for School Health The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the current state of practice of school health promotion in Canada. It has been prepared for the Health & Learning Knowledge Centre of the Canadian Council on Learning as a means of assessing the current state of practice relating to one of the three priority content areas for that centre (promoting healthy settings for learning and human development)Table of Contents (Each section is presented on sub-pages off of this page. See Navigation on left margin.) - Conceptual Basis of this Report
- Evolution of School Health Promotion Practice
- Data Sources & Methodology for this Report
- Importance of this Report
- Limitations of this Report
- Organization of this Report
- Findings on National & Provincial/Territorial Capacity
- Findings by Health Topic
- Findings by Elements of a CSH Approach
- Findings re: Efforts to Address Local Community Contexts
- Findings re: Efforts to Address System Characteristics & Change
- Findings re efforts to be congruent with education mandate & constraints
- Findings on the State of SH Research in Canada
- Observations from this Consultation & wiki-dialogue
- Future Directions of SH in Canada
Appendix: Principles, Key Concepts & Better Practices in SH