Policy and strategy driven approaches to major disease prevention and school health promotion for children and adolescents / 中国学校卫生

ABSTRACT

Abstract@#Children and adolescents are going through a critical stage with unique opportunities for healthy growth and development, which are supported and ensured by school health promotion. A large proportion of children and adolescents are currently affected by multiple physical and mental health problems in China, including myopia, obesity and depression. The national government has designed policies at the top tier for health promotion, e.g. Health Action Plan for Children and Adolescents and the Mental Health Action Plan for Children and Adolescents. Both researchers and practitioners in school health should make use of these opportunities for health development promotion among children and adolescents in China in the following strategiesfour level of disease prevention, life course approach, the combination of universal and targeted population intervention, as well as health in all policies approach to integrate disease prevention and and health promotion. This editorial proposes a comprehensive policy and strategy driven model for children s myopia prevention and control based on update advances in myopia management theory and clinical practice.