School health : : a key component of education for all / / Donald Bundy, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789828003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2011]; copyright 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-01626-5; 9786613016263; 0-8213-8397-3
• Descrizione fisica: xxviii, 299 pages : illustrations (some color) ; ; 23 cm
• Collana: Directions in development
• Altri autori (Persone): BundyDonald A. P
• Disciplina: 371.7/1
• Soggetti: School health services - United States - Evaluation; School health services - United States - Planning; School children - Health and hygiene - United States; School hygiene - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; About the Book; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Chapter 1 Context and Rationale; Tables; Figures; Maps; Chapter 2 Evidence of the Importance of Health and Nutrition for Education for All; Chapter 3 Education Sector Responses to the Health and Nutrition of Schoolchildren; Boxes; Chapter 4 School Health and Nutrition Programs in Practice; Chapter 5 Partnerships to Develop Consensus and Share Knowledge; Chapter 6 School Health and Nutrition Programs as a Component of Education for All; Appendix A Selected Bibliography of Source Materials and ToolkitsAppendix B Accelerating Deworming by the Education Sector: Checklist of Good Practice; Appendix C Accelerating the HIV/AIDS Response of the Education Sector in Africa: Checklist of Good Practice; Appendix D School Health and Nutrition Programs by Country in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Greater Mekong Subregion, and the Caribbean; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: School health and nutirion programs can contribue to achieving the ; goals of the Education for All initiative (EFA) by helping children enroll on time, complete their education, and realize their cognitive potential. Achieving these goals depends on reaching the children most in need. One strong feature of school health and nutrition programs is that they benefit the poor, sick, and hungry children far more that better-off children. However, poor children can only benefit if the programs reach them. This book describes how schools have been used as a platform for delivering safe and simple heal