Health promoting schools and COVID-19: preparing for the future
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 50, No. 6, 08.2022, p. 655-659.
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T1 - Health promoting schools and COVID-19
T2 - preparing for the future
AU - Sormunen, Marjorita
AU - Lattke, Lynda
AU - Dadaczynski, Kevin
AU - Leksy, Karina
AU - Sakellari, Evanthia
AU - Velasco, Veronica
AU - Borzucka-sitkiewicz, Katarzyna
AU - Miranda-velasco, Maria J.
AU - Rabaglietti, Emanuela
AU - Rosario, Rafaela
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - We face an unprecedented period of history during which COVID-19 is clustered with other global conditions, such as obesity, undernutrition, an infodemic, and climate change. This syndemic (synergy of epidemics) calls for the development of children's and youth's health literacy and socioemotional skills, support for behavioural hygiene (e.g. washing hands, wearing masks), and adults' responsibility and caring. Moreover, it calls for creating conditions for healthy living and learning for all and paying extra attention to inequalities that have increased during the pandemic. Today, more than ever, there is an essential demand for schools to create environments that maintain and promote health for all. Within this commentary, we argue that whole-school approaches, such as the health promoting school, are essential to fight against the pandemic and to prepare schools for future challenges.
AB - We face an unprecedented period of history during which COVID-19 is clustered with other global conditions, such as obesity, undernutrition, an infodemic, and climate change. This syndemic (synergy of epidemics) calls for the development of children's and youth's health literacy and socioemotional skills, support for behavioural hygiene (e.g. washing hands, wearing masks), and adults' responsibility and caring. Moreover, it calls for creating conditions for healthy living and learning for all and paying extra attention to inequalities that have increased during the pandemic. Today, more than ever, there is an essential demand for schools to create environments that maintain and promote health for all. Within this commentary, we argue that whole-school approaches, such as the health promoting school, are essential to fight against the pandemic and to prepare schools for future challenges.
KW - Health promoting schools
KW - COVID-19
KW - pandemic
KW - children
KW - family
KW - teacher
KW - school leader
KW - non-teaching staff
KW - school community
KW - Health sciences
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35491938
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/d883c668-d582-3983-a138-1410f482c9f1/
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132660756&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/14034948221091155
DO - 10.1177/14034948221091155
M3 - Comments / Debate / Reports
C2 - 35491938
VL - 50
SP - 655
EP - 659
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
SN - 1403-4948
IS - 6
ER -