Health promotion in European schools: a report on its monitoring

Marcelo Coppi; Hugo Oliveira; Ana Maria Cristóvão; Filipa Tirapicos; Jorge Bonito

doi:10.34624/id.v16i2.35173

Authors

Marcelo Coppi Centro de Investigação em Educação e Psicologia da Universidade de Évora
Hugo Oliveira Center for Research in Education and Psychology of the University of Évora (CIEP-UE) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6802-1604 (unauthenticated)
Ana Maria Cristóvão Center for Research in Education and Psychology of the University of Évora (CIEP-UE) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2276-9254 (unauthenticated)
Filipa Tirapicos Center for Research in Education and Psychology of the University of Évora (CIEP-UE)
Jorge Bonito Center for Research in Education and Psychology of the University of Évora (CIEP-UE) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5600-0363 (unauthenticated)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34624/id.v16i2.35173

Keywords:

Health education, Schools for Health in Europe, Monitoring reports

Abstract

In 1991, the World Health Organization launched the European Network of Health Promoting Schools. Subsequently, in 2017, the Schools for Health in Europe (SHE) was created with the aim of improving the health of children and young people in Europe through a specific focus on schools. Several European countries are part of this network and have created the health promoting schools’ approach to implement structured and systematic health promotion plans in schools. SHE monitors the implementation of school health in member countries, producing a report that includes those countries’ data. This article presents an analysis of the latest 2020 monitoring reports from 14 European Union countries. The study used a qualitative approach through the documentary analysis technique. The analysis concludes that although many schools in the European Union are health promoting, not all of them follow the health education approach in planning their activities. The main topics addressed are physical activity, ex aequo with healthy eating. It is possible to identify the main facilitator of health promotion in schools: intersectoral collaboration between the health and education sectors. Finally, the main barrier to the implementation of health promotion is the feeling of overload expressed by the teachers.

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Author Biographies

Hugo Oliveira, Center for Research in Education and Psychology of the University of Évora (CIEP-UE)

Non-doctorate integrated member of the Center for Research in Education and Psychology at the University of Évora (CIEP-UÉ). PhD student in Educational Sciences (University of Évora, Portugal). Master in Pedagogical Supervision (University of Beira Interior, Portugal). Degree in Biology and Geology Teaching (University of Évora, Portugal). Research grant from the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal).
Jorge Bonito, Center for Research in Education and Psychology of the University of Évora (CIEP-UE)

Doutorado em Ciências da Educação (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal). Mestre em Geociências - Processos Geológicos (Universidade de Coimbra). Agregado em Ciências da Educação - Educação para a Saúde (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal). Licenciado em Ensino de Biologia e Geologia (Universidade de Évora, Portugal). Licenciado em Solicitadoria - Ciências Jurídicas (Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal). Pós-graduado em Prevenção de Riscos e Promoção da Saúde (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Espanha). Pós-graduado em Proteção Civil (Universidade Aberta e Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal). Professor Catedrático na Escola de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Évora. Membro do Centro de Investigação em Educação e Psicologia da Universidade de Évora. Membro do Centro de Investigação em Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores da Universidade de Aveiro.

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