ABSTRACT
Забота о состоянии здоровья молодых людей является жизненно важной задачей государств - членов ВОЗ и Европейского региона в целом. Молодому поколению принадлежит будущее, и мы, взрослые, обязаны делать все, чтобы поддерживать здоровье молодых людей и разумно вкладывать нужные средства в укрепление их здоровья. Нам нужна здоровая, сбалансированная, равноправная основа, на которой могли бы расти и процветать молодые члены общества. Проводимое ВОЗ совместное исследование “Поведение детей школьного возраста в отношении здоровья” (HBSC) представляет собой уникальное начинание, позволяющее углубить наше понимание воспринимаемого молодыми людьми здоровья, а также их знаний, установок и поведения в отношении здоровья. Мы знаем, что социальные установки, модели поведения и образа жизни, которые оказывают огромное влияние на благосостояние, формируются в раннем возрасте. Вот почему важно знать, какие факторы определяют эти модели, сохраняющиеся на всю жизнь.
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Adolescent Health , Child Health , Child Welfare , Health Behavior , Health Surveys , Health Policy , Europe , Canada , United StatesSubject(s)
Health Promotion , Schools , Health Policy , Program Development , Guideline , Europe , Intersectoral CollaborationABSTRACT
The European Network of Health Promoting Schools (ENHPS) is a practical example of a health promotion activity that has successfully incorporated the energies of three major European agencies in the joint pursuit of their goals in school health promotion. As explained in the editorial, the network had its conceptual origins in the 1980's. However, since 1991 the initiative has been a tripartite activity, launched by the European Commission (EC), the Council of Europe (CE) and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/EURO) (Barnekow et al. 1999). Starting with only seven countries, the network has enlarged over the years and now has a membership of 43 countries. This article outlines the criteria and principles developed by the network to establish national HPS programmes in Europe. The coordinators of these programmes throughout Europe, taking the the diversity in culture and setting into consideration, have mapped the different models of HPS programmes in their countries and through the EVA project have developed a series of guidelines to monitor progress. All agree that a key element of success is to work together with the school community, parents and young people themselves as well as with health and education ministries, but their different experiences have also allowed them to identify a number of constraints and challenges.
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Cooperative Behavior , Health Promotion/organization & administration , Schools , Europe , Iceland , Kyrgyzstan , Program DevelopmentABSTRACT
Young people make up the segment of society that has the greatest potential to benefit from policies and health initiatives based on sound research and information. The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, through this international report on the results of its most recent survey, aims to supply the up-to-date information needed by policy-makers at various levels of government, nongovernmental organizations, and professionals in sectors such as health, education, social services, justice and recreation. This report is the first major presentation of the international data from the 2001/2002 HBSC survey. The survey covered the physical, emotional and psychological aspects of health, and the influences of the family, schools and peers on young people aged 11, 13 and 15 years in 35 countries and regions in the WHO European Region and North America. The main body of the report gives comprehensive cross-national data on health and well-being, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity and sedentary behaviour, eating habits and body image, oral health, bullying and fighting, injuries and – for the first time – cannabis use and sexual health. Other chapters describe the contexts of young people's health, show some relationships between the two, and discuss the implications of the survey’s main findings for the future development of policies and programmes. The impressive scope of HBSC increases the usefulness of its findings. This book provides high-quality information valuable to all who work for and with children and adolescents – be they policy-makers, planners and practitioners, educators, parents or care givers – and of course to young people themselves. This international report should reach all key people with an interest in or responsibility for promoting young people’s health.
