Canadian standards & indicators for health promoting schools
This document, developed for, and in collaboration with, the Pan-Canadian Joint Consortium for School Health (JCSH), outlines a set of Canadian Standards and Indicators for HPS.
School Health and Nutrition
National School Feeding Programme Financing Strategy
Rwanda’s National School Feeding Programme has expanded rapidly within very few years. Based on the National Comprehensive School Feeding Policy of 2019, the programme provides hot meals to all students in all public or government-supported pre-primary, primary and secondary schools since 2020.
Investing in school systems: conceptualising returns on investment across the health, education and social protection sectors
Public policies often aim to improve welfare, economic injustice and reduce inequality, particularly in the social protection, labour, health and education sectors. While these policies frequently operate in silos, the education sphere can operate as a cross-sectoral link.
Nutritional quality and diversity in Ghana’s school feeding programme: a mixed-methods exploration through caterer interviews in the Greater Accra Region
The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) provides public primary school pupils with a free daily meal. Each meal is expected to follow set menus, providing 30% of children’s’ (6-12 years) energy requirements.
Summary of evidence: home-grown school feeding
This summary brings together evidence from 49 WFP-commissioned independent evaluations, which cover the period 2018-2023 and were rated ‘satisfactory’ or above by WFP’s external post hoc quality assessment (PHQA).
The SABER School Feeding policy tool: a 10-year analysis of its use by countries in developing policies for their national school meals programs
Since its launch in 2011, 59 governments have used the World Bank’s Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) policy tool to design their national school-based health and nutrition programs.
A focus on adolescent physical activity, eating behaviours, weight status and body image in Europe, Central Asia and Canada: health behaviour in school-aged children international report from the 2021/2022 survey; volume 4
The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study is a large school-based survey carried out every four years in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
School meals, social protection and human development: revisiting trends, evidence, and practices in South Asia and beyond
With over 400 million children reached worldwide, school meals are among the largest-scale social protection interventions.
Supporting the mental health and well-being of higher education students
A significant share of higher education (HE) students worldwide is experiencing mental health challenges and expressing the need for higher education institutions (HEIs) to provide mental health services.
Minimum Standards and Guidelines for the ASEAN School Nutrition Package
Taking into considerations risks of malnutrition and opportunity to address the issues amongst school-age children, particularly given the rising double burden of malnutrition, additional investment to prevent undernutrition and overweight amongst this target group is required.