Better schools through health: learning from practice

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Annex 1: About the Vilnius Conference103 Summary from Conference Report105 Vilnius resolution: better schools through healthAnnex 2: About the young people’s workshop
ForewordBackgroundThe third European Conference on Health Promoting Schools; ‘Better Schools ThroughHealth’, was held in Vilnius, Lithuania in June 2009. Presented at the conference werea range of case studies of practice or ‘stories’ of school based health promotion work.These were predominantly from within Europe but there were also three from Canada.These case studies have been gathered together to create this publication.The aim of the conference was to provide a forum within Europe to increase theeffectiveness of our partnership working through common cross-sectorial and intergovernmentalactions. It also aimed to facilitate discussion and dissemination ofresearch, practice, and policy developments in the area of school health promotion inEurope. The conference brought together more than 300 researchers, policy makersand practitioners on school health promotion from 31 countries in Europe as well asfrom Canada, USA and Australia.Integral to the conference was the young people‘s workshop, with the participationof 39 young people from seven European countries. This event provided a space foryoung people to voice opinions and ideas concerning health promotion throughschools and reflecting this they produced a statement which stands alongside themain Conference Resolution. In addition to the young people‘s statement, the VilniusResolution includes a set of recommendations for governments, local authoritiesand schools on effective ways to promote health and quality of life through a healthpromoting school approach.In preparation for the conference, the Scientific Committee emphasised the importanceof ensuring a balance between theory and practice. So there were contributionshighlighting recent research and theoretical developments within the main conferencetopics and there were also specific examples discussing the realities of practice indifferent contexts. The latter contributions shaped the basis for this book.Aim of the publicationWe acknowledge that the practice of health promoting schools is complex, dynamicand dependent on the context in which it is embedded. Therefore as it is often difficult,if not impossible, to define what constitutes ‚good practice‘ or ‚best practice‘, thispublication is underpinned with the concept of ‚learning practice‘.So, rather than suggesting standardised ‚best‘ approaches to school-based healthpromotion in Europe, this publication aims to continue the tradition of documentingexamples of practice started in the late twentieth century by the European Network ofHealth Promoting Schools. This then contributes to the rich base of diverse experiencefrom a variety of contexts. The stories feature a student‘s vision of an ideal school in7
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Vilnius resolution: better schools
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of the European Union contest for y
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Why we should represent my school?E
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The editors want to thank the pupil
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