Making every school a health-promoting school: global standards and indicators

This publication is based on an extensive review of health-promoting school policies, strategies and guidelines from 91 countries in various regions and on expert and public consultations with education and health sector policy-makers, practitioners and researchers around the world. Stakeholders in all sectors involved in identifying, planning, funding, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the health-promoting approach in schools will find this publication useful for understanding:• why every school should become a health-promoting school and• what constitutes a health-promoting school.