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	WHO Information Series on School Health - Document 3 - Violence Prevention: An Important Element of a Health-promoting School (UNESCO, WHO; 1999; 61 pages)
		ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
		FOREWORD
		1. INTRODUCTION
			Why did WHO prepare this document?
			Who should read this document?
			What is meant by "violence"?
			What are the causes of violence?
			Why focus efforts through schools?
			How should this document be used?
		2. CONVINCING OTHERS THAT VIOLENCE PREVENTION THROUGH SCHOOLS IS IMPORTANT
			Rationale: Violence affects the well-being and learning potential of millions of children around the world
			Rationale: Violence is a social and economic problem for all nations
			Rationale: Violence is learned and therefore capable of being unlearned
			Rationale: Schools offer an efficient, practical and timely means to prevent and reduce violence
			Rationale: Evaluations of school-based violence prevention efforts show promising results
		3. PLANNING THE INTERVENTIONS
			Who is going to make this happen?
				The School Health Team
				Community Advisors
			Where should we start?
				Situation Analysis
					Needs assessment
					Resource assessment
					Data collection
			Commitment needed
				Political acceptability
				Community and family commitment
				Teachers and school staff
				Youth involvement
			What should we do?
				Goals
				Objectives
				Activities
			How will we know how well we are doing?
				Evaluation design and monitoring
		4. INTEGRATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION INTO A HEALTH-PROMOTING SCHOOL
			School health education
				Timing
				Teaching Methods
				Youth involvement
				Parent education
				Building the capacity of administrators, teachers and other school staff
					Pre-service training
					In-service training
					Where can you look for good training?
			School health services
				Screening/Diagnosis/Treatment
				Training for health service providers
				Referral
			A healthy school environment
				Overall school climate
				Supportive school policies and practices
				Health promotion for school staff
				Physical environment
				Safety and security
			Youth development activities
			School/community projects and outreach
			Coordinating mutually reinforcing components
		5. EVALUATION
			Types of evaluation
				Formative evaluation
				Process evaluation
				Outcome evaluation
		6. ENSURING CONTINUITY IN THE SCHOOL & COMMUNITY
		ANNEX 1: Declaration and Integrated Framework of Action on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy
		ANNEX 2: Examples of educational interventions for violence prevention
		ANNEX 3: Examples of Grade-Specific Objectives for Violence Prevention Skills
		ANNEX 4: Resources to help you in your health promotion and violence prevention efforts
		ANNEX 5: Recommended UNESCO documents and publications for the promotion of peace and prevention of violence through schools.
		REFERENCES

WHO Information Series on School Health - Document 3 - Violence Prevention: An Important Element of a Health-promoting School

WHO/SCHOOL/98.3
WHO/HPR/HEP/98.2
Distr.: General
Original: English

World Health Organization
Geneva, 1999

UNESCO

WHO gratefully acknowledges the generous financial contributions to support the printing of this document from: the Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; and the Johann Jacobs Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland.

This document is published jointly with Education International (Brussels, Belgium) and UNESCO, Department of Education for a Culture of Peace, which are working with WHO to promote health through schools worldwide.

A copy of this document may be downloaded from the WHO Internet Site at: http://www.who.ch/hpr

© World Health Organization, 1999

This document is not a formal publication of the World Health Organization (WHO), and all rights are reserved by the Organization. The document may, however, be freely reviewed, abstracted, reproduced and translated, in part or in whole, but not for sale or for use in conjunction with commercial purposes.

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