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Evaluating health promotion in schools: a case study of design, implementation and results from the Hong Kong Healthy Schools Award Scheme

Albert Lee

Department of Community and Family Medicine Honorary Consultant of Family Medecine (Head of Lek Yuen Training Centre) Faculty of Medicine The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, PRC, alee{at}cuhk.edu.hk

Lawrence St Leger

Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Deakin University Australia

Alysoun Moon

Health promoting schools (HPS) and Healthy Schools Award Schemes from a number of countries have demonstrated positive changes in children's health behaviours and the culture and organisation of the school. The Hong Kong Healthy Schools Award Scheme (HKHSA) aims to promote staff development, parental education, involvement of the whole school community, and linkage with different stakeholders to improve the health and well-being of the pupils, parents and staff, and the broader community, supported by a system to monitor the achievement. This concept is very much in line with the research literature on school effectiveness and improvement. The indicators examined to evaluate the success of the HKHSA reflect outcomes related to both health and education and are not limited to changes in population health status. The early results demonstrated significant improvements in various aspects of student health and also improvement in school culture and organisation. The evaluation framework described in this paper and data collected to assess how schools perform in the HKHSA scheme, provides insight into how HPSs could lead to better outcomes for both education and health.

Key Words: school • evaluation • effectiveness • Hong Kong

Promotion & Education, Vol. 12, No. 3-4, 123-130 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/10253823050120030105
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