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The FRESH framework is based on research and experience that show that school-based health programmes can significantly improve both health and learning outcomes, and that successful efforts typically include a combination of activities in four core areas, which are reinforced by supporting strategies. |
FRESH core components
Core component No. 1. School health policies - Health policies in schools, mandating a healthy, safe and secure school environment, guaranteeing equal rights and opportunities and regulating the provision of health education and health services, are the blueprints for action necessary to harness the potential of health to improve education outcomes.
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Core component No. 2. Water, sanitation and the environment - Unsanitary and unsafe learning environments result in injury and illness. Where the school environment is perceived as unwelcoming or threatening, attendance suffers. Safe water and appropriate sanitation facilities are basic first steps towards a healthy, safe and secure learning environment for boys and girls.
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Core component No. 3. Skills-based health education - Literacy and numeracy education may come to naught if essential life skills are not also developed. Skills-based health education goes beyond the provision of factual information to promote attitudes, values and skills associated with physical and mental health.
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Core component No. 4. School-based health services - Poor health and malnutrition result in the loss of millions of school days annually. To protect their investment in efforts to increase access and improve the quality of education, schools must help link students to essential health and nutrition services.
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FRESH supporting strategies
FRESH supporting strategies call for effective partnerships between teachers and health workers, the involvement and support of parents and the community-at-large, and the active participation of young people in the design and implementation of the programme.
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FRESH core components
Core component No. 1. School health policies - Health policies in schools, mandating a healthy, safe and secure school environment, guaranteeing equal rights and opportunities and regulating the provision of health education and health services, are the blueprints for action necessary to harness the potential of health to improve education outcomes.
read more
Core component No. 2. Water, sanitation and the environment - Unsanitary and unsafe learning environments result in injury and illness. Where the school environment is perceived as unwelcoming or threatening, attendance suffers. Safe water and appropriate sanitation facilities are basic first steps towards a healthy, safe and secure learning environment for boys and girls.
read more
Core component No. 3. Skills-based health education - Literacy and numeracy education may come to naught if essential life skills are not also developed. Skills-based health education goes beyond the provision of factual information to promote attitudes, values and skills associated with physical and mental health.
read more
Core component No. 4. School-based health services - Poor health and malnutrition result in the loss of millions of school days annually. To protect their investment in efforts to increase access and improve the quality of education, schools must help link students to essential health and nutrition services.
read more
FRESH supporting strategies
FRESH supporting strategies call for effective partnerships between teachers and health workers, the involvement and support of parents and the community-at-large, and the active participation of young people in the design and implementation of the programme.
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