Recommended reading for comprehenisve school health resources.

1. Protocols and Guidelines for Health Promoting Schools
   International Union for Health Promotion and Education
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2. Health Promotion: better health, better learning: Guidelines for health promotion with schools and preschools.
   Government of South Australia.
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3. Local Action: Creating health promoting schools
   The World Health Organization's INFORMATION SERIES ON SCHOOL HEALTH.
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4. Health Promotion with schools: A policy for the health system.
   New South Wales Health Department (October 2000)
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5. Building a Healthier Future Through School Health Programs
   Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (USA)
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6. A toolbox for creating healthy places to learn, work and play
   Queensland Departments of Health and Education. 2001 - pdfs below
   (http://www.chdf.org.au)
   
   Booklet 1: What's it all about? ... an introduction (pdf)
   Booklet 2: How we do it ... the process (pdf)
   Booklet 3: How to increase the understanding of the health promoting... (pdf)
   Booklet 4: How to get and keep people involved (pdf)
   Booklet 5: How to let people know (pdf)
   Booklet 6 - How to gather information Part 1 Part 2 (pdf)
   Booklet 7: How to conduct a school health audit (pdf)
   Booklet 8: How to plan and make decisions (pdf)
   Booklet 9: How to revise and develop policy (pdf)
   Booklet 10: How have others done it? Case studies (pdf)
   
   
7. Health promoting schools: Supportive environments for learning and health
   Department of Human Services; Department of Education Training and Employment, South Australia (2000).
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   Managing change toward a health promoting school
   Department of Human Services; Department of Education Training and Employment, South Australia (2000).
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   School, home and community links
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8. What is the evidence on school health promotion in improving health or preventing disease and, specifically, what is the effectiveness of the health promoting schools approach? World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Health Evidence Network report (2006)
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9. Effectiveness of school programs in preventing childhood obesity: A multilevel comparison. Veugelers, P.J. & Fitzgerald, A.L. (2005). American Journal of Public Health.  Vol 95, No. 95 p. 432-435.
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10. Is the Class Half Empty? A Population- Based Perspective on Socioeconomic Status and Educational Outcomes.
    Brownell, Marni, Noralou Roos, Randy Fransoo et al. (2006).  IRPP Choices 12 (5).
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11. School food and nutrition recommendations for Ontario Ministry regarding snacks and beverage dispensing by vending machines.
    Dietitians of Canada (October 2004)
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12. National Dialogue and Summit: Engaging Young Canadians.
    Canadian Policy Research Network (March 2006)
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13. Capturing complexity: Integrating health and education research to inform health-promoting schools policy and practice. Rowling, L. & Jefferys, V. (2006). Health Education Research Theory and Practice. Vol 21, no 5, p 705-718.
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14. Facilitating change in school health: A qualitative study of schools' experience using the school health index
    Austin, Fung, Cohen-Bearak, Wardle and Cheug.(April 2006). Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practise and Policy.
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15. Manitoba School Nutrition Handbook: Getting started with guidelines and policies.
    Healthy Child Manitoba.
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*ACHSC is grateful to the Public Health Agency of Canada (Alberta/N.W.T.) for three grants (2004, 2005, 2006).