Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Health promotion in a school setting is important because school-age children spend up to 6-8 hours a day in the schools. In the step into the digital society, the lifestyle of school-aged children has changed as well as the environment that causes more harm to their health. Therefore, promoting the health of school-aged children and the school staff is essential to ensure that school-age children have complete physical, mental, spiritual, and social health conditions. These will lead to the ability to study effectively and increase the opportunity for school-age children to have the knowledge of health, attitudes, and practical skills to lead a healthy lifestyle now and in the future. The relevant departments must recognize the importance of the implementation of health promotion in schools and develop them to cover all aspects of health and the environment by creating a shared learning process for all sectors. Included in schools and communities so that knowledge and health skills can be applied in daily life, including taking care of the health of oneself and others, decisions to control circumstances affecting health, community members are in good physical and mental health and live in a clean and safe environment. To achieve the goal of developing, people have an adequate quality of life and live in a happy society. However, the elements of health promotion activities in schools should focus on each element, depending on the context of the area and the school context.
Author: Pansakun, Nattapon
Institution: University of Phayao
Language: Thai
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7215519208