Skills for Health: Skills-Based Health Education to Teach Life Skills
Aldinger, C. & Vince Whitman, C. (2005). Skills for health: Skills-based health education to teach life skills. In S. Clift & B.B. Jensen (Eds.), The health promoting school: International advances in theory, evaluation and practice. Copenhagen, Denmark: Danish University of Education Press.
Schools have an important role to play in equipping children with the knowledge, attitudes and skills they need to protect their health. This chapter demonstrates how skills-based health education, when planned and implemented based on research-based strategies, can make a significant contribution to the health and learning potential of young people.
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