Kwan Stella Y L, Petersen Poul Erik, Pine Cynthia M, Borutta Annerose
Dental Public Health, Leeds Dental Institute, England.
Bull World Health Organ. 2005 Sep;83(9):677-85. Epub 2005 Sep 30.
Schools provide an important setting for promoting health, as they reach over 1 billion children worldwide and, through them, the school staff, families and the community as a whole. Health promotion messages can be reinforced throughout the most influential stages of children's lives, enabling them to develop lifelong sustainable attitudes and skills. Poor oral health can have a detrimental effect on children's quality of life, their performance at school and their success in later life. This paper examines the global need for promoting oral health through schools. The WHO Global School Health Initiative and the potential for setting up oral health programmes in schools using the health-promoting school framework are discussed. The challenges faced in promoting oral health in schools in both developed and developing countries are highlighted. The importance of using a validated framework and appropriate methodologies for the evaluation of school oral health projects is emphasized.
学校是促进健康的重要场所，因为全球有超过10亿儿童入学，通过他们还能影响学校工作人员、家庭以及整个社区。在儿童成长过程中最具影响力的阶段，都可以强化健康促进信息，使他们养成可持续的终身态度和技能。口腔健康状况不佳会对儿童的生活质量、学业表现以及未来的成功产生不利影响。本文探讨了通过学校促进口腔健康的全球需求。讨论了世界卫生组织全球学校健康倡议以及利用健康促进学校框架在学校设立口腔健康项目的潜力。强调了发达国家和发展中国家在学校促进口腔健康方面面临的挑战。强调了使用经过验证的框架和适当方法来评估学校口腔健康项目的重要性。
