Browsing by Subject "Health promoting schools"
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Health promotion in schools : perceptions of the health promoters
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)Schools are seen as one of the most important settings for the implementation of health promotion strategies in communities. The establishment of effective health promotion in schools is therefore regarded as one ... -
Health promotion in secondary schools : a qualitative exploration into the health literacy of parents
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2022)In current research and literature worldwide, it has been emphasised that families are an important environment in which to teach health literacy and that parents are required to co-operate with school caregivers to identify ... -
The impact of dietary interventions on the promotion of the classroom health of foundation phase learners with ADD
(North-West University, 2005)The purpose of this study was to determine, by means of a review of literature and empirical research, the impact of dietary interventions on the classroom health promotion of Foundation Phase learners with ADD. In order ... -
Moving towards health promoting schools : spiritual well-being and lifestyle choices in adolescents
(North-West University, 2006)Increasingly adolescents are making unhealthy choices concerning their lifestyle. Behaviour patterns develop which are often carried into adulthood and become an established lifestyle pattern. Examples of these are the ... -
Parental roles towards the creation of health promoting schools
(North-West University, 2011)A call for parents to be involved in the education of their children is not a modern phenomenon at all. It is increasingly a call which invites parents to be involved in every sphere of their children‟s lives, including ... -
Perceptions of school management teams (SMTs) with regard to health and well-being of farm schoolspublic schools on private property (PSPP)
(North-West University, 2007)This study was undertaken in five (5) farm schools in the Maquassi Hills Area Project Office (APO) with the intention to assess whether the School Management Teams (SMT's) are given necessary guidance to deal with health ... -
A profile of the health promoter in schools in the North West Province
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)To accomplish health for all, a unified approach and effective collaboration by all stakeholders to promote health is essential. Health Promoting schools were conceptualised by the World Health Organisation to achieve ... -
Promoting spiritual well-being of children : experiences and perceptions of primary school educators
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Increasingly, spirituality and spiritual well-being (SWB) are featuring as topics for discussion and research in the fields of psychology, education, health care and social development (Karstens,2010; Tacey, 2004). A central ... -
School policies and the health promoting school (HPS) : an investigation in primary schools in the North West Province
(North-West University, 2007)A series of acts which were passed during the apartheid era have undoubtedly deprived the marginalized groups, namely, the so called Coloureds, Indians and the black majority their political rights. Apartheid policies ... -
School violence in secondary schools : guidelines for the establishment of health promoting schools
(North-West University, 2005)Ten years after the introduction of the new democratic political dispensation in 1994, violence in schools are as rife as before. There has been no significant decrease in school violence during this period. Violence has ...