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a toolbox for creating healthy places to learn, work and play comprehensiveHPS resource manual
Central Public Health Unit Network
PO Box 1507
Fortitude Valley Q 4006
ph: 07 3250 8558
fax: 07 3250 8595
HPS resources - other states
Health Promoting Schools in Action video & booklet
Curriculum Corporation
PO Box 177
CARLTON SOUTH VIC 3053
Ph. 03 9207 9600 or 02 9351 6389
Fax. 03 9639 1616 or 02 9660 8341
Health Promotion with Schools: policy for the health system policy document
NSW Health
Health Promotion Strategies and Settings Unit
Health Promotion Branch, NSW Health
Tel. 9391 9540
Fax. 9391 9579
download here
Towards a Health Promoting School book
NSW Department of School Education Better Health Centre
162 Blues Point Road
NORTH SYDNEY 2060
Ph. 02 9954 1193
Fax. 02 9955 5196
Focus on Well-being in Schools a resource kit
Adelaide Central Community Health Service Publications Unit
PO Box 508
PROSPECT EAST SA 5082
Ph. 08 8342 0046
Fax. 08 8342 0053
An Introduction to Health Promoting Schools in South Australia book
Department for Education & Children's
Services(DECS) & SA Health Commission
Health Promotion Unit (SAHC)
Ph. 08 8226 6329
Promoting Health in Schools: Western Australian School Health Project resource manual
Aust. Council of Health, PE & Recreation
PO Box 57
CLAREMONT WA 6001
Ph. 08 9683 7708
Fax. 08 9387 8018
Effective School Health Promotion - Towards Health Promoting Schools book
National Health and Medical Research Council (1996).
The Publications Officer
Ph. 06 2289 7646
Fax. 06 2289 8776
HPS books
The Health Promoting School: Policy, Research and Practice. book
Denman, S., Moon, A., et al (2002)
RoutledgeFalmer: London.
Health promotion: principles and practice in the Australian context book
O'Connor-Fleming, M.L. and Parker, E. (2001) (2nd Edition)
Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
(Chapter 6 : School health promotion)
Web: www.allenandunwin.com
The Health Promoting School - Policy, Program & Practice in Australia book
Colquhorn D., Goltz K. & Sheehan M. (1997)
Harcourt Brace & Company: Sydney
The Health Promotion Handbook - Action Strategies for Healthy Schools book
Eric Dommers, Margot Ingoldby & Heart Foundation
Harper Schools (Harper Collins Pub)
Available on the AHPSA website at http://www.hlth.qut.edu.au/ph/ahpsa/national.htm.
HPS papers
1. National action plan for health promoting schools 1998-2001. September 30 draft. 39pp. .pdf format
2. School based health promotion across Australia. Background Briefing Report No. 1, 107pp. .pdf format
3. An analysis of policy, planning and support documents related to health promoting schools. Background Briefing Report No. 2, 60pp. .pdf format
4.The nature of health service/school links in Australia. Background Briefing Report No. 3, 86pp. .pdf format
5. Priorities for research into health promoting schools in Australia. Background Briefing Report No. 4, 101pp. .pdf format
6. National Strategy for Health Promoting Schools 1998-2001 Draft, September 1997, 60pp. .pdf format
7. Establishing a knowledge base for health promoting schools: a summary of four research reports for the National Health Promoting School Initiative. 43pp. .pdf format
Carlsson, D., Rowe, F. & Stewart, D. (2001). Health and Wellbeing in the School Community Environment: Evidence for the Effectiveness of the Health Promoting Schools Approach. Environmental Health, 1(3), 40-50.
St Leger, L., & Nutbeam, D. (2000). A model for mapping linkages between health and education agencies to improve school health. Journal of School Health, 70(2), 45-50.
Lynagh, M., et al. (1999). Lessons learned from the Hunter Region Health Promoting Schools project in NSW, Australia. Journal of School Health, 69(6), 227-232.
Lister-Sharp, D., Chapman, S., Stewart-Brown, S., & Sowden, A. (1999). Health promoting schools and health promotion in schools: two systematic reviews. Health Technology Assessment, 3(22). Download here
Moon, A., et al (1999) Helping Schools to become health promoting environments- an evaluation of the Wessex Healthy Schools Award. Health Promotion International, 14 (2), 111-122.
McBride, N., & Midford, R. (1999). Encouraging schools to promote health: Impact of the Western Australian School Health Project (1992-1995). The Journal of School Health, 69 (6)(August), 220-226.
St Leger, L. (1999). The opportunities and effectiveness of the health promoting primary school in improving child health - a review of the claims and evidence. Health Education Research, 14(1), 51-69.
St Ledger, L., (1998) Australian teachers' understanding of the health promoting school concept and the implications for the development of school health. Health Promotion International, 13 (3), 223-236.
Booth, M. L., & Samdal, O. (1997). Health-promoting schools in Australia: models and measurements. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 21 (4), 365-370.
Commission of the European Communities, Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organisation (Ed.) (1995). Towards an Evaluation of the European Network of Health Promoting Schools: The EVA Project. Europe: ENHPS.
Smith, C., Roberts, C., Nutbeam, D., & Macdonald, G. (1992). The health promoting school: progress and future challenges in Welsh secondary schools. Health Promotion International, 7(3), 171-179.
World Health Organisation (1986). Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, Ontario, Canada.
HPS papers
Headlice in Primary Schools Kit
Queensland Health and Education Queensland
2001
Contact: Rachael Farquharson
Health Promotion Officer
Brisbane Southside Public Health Unit
Ph: 07 3000 9111
Email: Rachael_Farquharson@health.qld.gov.au
Download, print and photocopy all the resources at www.health.qld.gov.au/HeadLice/
Germbusters
a holistic, personal hygiene program targeting primary schools,
Queensland Health & Department of Education South Coast Region
1995
Contact: Anne Fenn
Health Promotion Officer
South Coast Public Health Unit
Ph: 07 5509 7255
Email: Anne_Fenn@health.qld.gov.au
Kidpower
kids reducing injury in schools
Queensland Health and Education Queensland
1998
Contact: Jodi McDonald
Senior Health Promotion Officer
West Moreton Public Health Unit
Ph: 07 3810 1566
Email: Jodi_McDonald@health.qld.gov.au
