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- Title: Exploring School Oral Health Outcomes and Neighbourhood Factors in Schools Participating in Ontario's "Healthy Schools" Recognition Program (Quantitative Research) (Report)
- Author : Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 306 KB
Description
Schools have been an important setting for health promotion since the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Promoting Schools (HPS) network in 1995. (1) Ontario launched its own "Healthy Schools" recognition program in 2006. (2) This program has four key components consistent with the HPS initiative: high quality instruction, healthy physical environments, supportive physical and social environments and access to resources through public health and community partnerships. (3) Nine-hundred and ninety-six elementary and high schools in Ontario participated in the "Healthy Schools" recognition program in 2007-2008. School-based health promotion initiatives have tackled child health conditions including obesity, (4) mental health5 and oral diseases. (6) Oral diseases such as dental caries (tooth decay) are public health concerns because they are common, preventable and costly to treat. (7) The consequences of untreated dental caries include pain, sleeplessness, eating difficulties and school absences. (8) Most oral health promotion initiatives have focused on changing oral health-related behaviours (e.g., tooth brushing) or have used health education approaches with only short-term improvements or minimal benefits. (9) Few studies have evaluated the impact of broader health promotion activities such as healthy eating programs or school nutrition policies. This is surprising given that dental caries is a diet-related disease caused by the high and frequent consumption of added sugars.
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