Development of children and standard of their studying rely on a number of factors which includes their own health status. Health promoting behavior produced by the school not only help in physical development and health care of students, it improves awareness about health issues with the parents and public as well.
School Health Programs based on twothings. Firstly, the relationship of quality of learning with the health conditions of students, and secondly, responsibility of the state to facilitate smooth physical and mental growth of children for their future role as productive members of the society. A third dimension emphasized in certain situations is the potential contribution of students in dissemination of health and hygiene education messages to their parentsand community at large. This phenomenon is also termed as child to child, and child to community transmission of information relating to health care and disease control.. Effective school health programmes will transform schools into child-friendly environment, and contribute significantly to the promotion of Education for All
Reduction in drop out rate Enhancement of quality of education and learning outcomes Improvement in health conditions of young population Disease control and an overall improvement in health conditions in the society at large.
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Basic components SHPA number of factors influence the physical and mental health of school children, and their learning process. These factors include health conditions of the children themselves, physical and social environment in their school, quality of life of their parents, their own knowledge about health promoting practices, and availability of health services around them. School environment plays a pivotal role in the retention and learning outcomes of students.
Young children are prone to many diseases. In the developing countries, where health services for the general public are poor and overall knowledge about health care is low, parents and teachers are unable to detect health problem of children which impede their learning as well. Provision of health services to the children and young students in following forms fall under this category.
Health screening of students on regular basis Referral of students with health problems to medical centres for treatment or rehabilitation campaigns. A number of children can be saved from loosing interest in their studies and dropping out of school when their learning difficulties or disorders are detected through health screening and addressed at early stages.
Nutritional level affects overall health, and consequently the pace of learning among the children. In Pakistan, a substantial ratio of children is malnourished, particularly in under developed areas, and among the disadvantaged groups. Nutritional inputs can increase both attendance and qualityof education.
