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Outlines used for Summaries, Bibliographies & Case Studies/Stories in this Web Site

This page provides suggested outlines/guidelines for the glossary terms, encyclopedia entries, handbook sections, bibliographies/toolboxes and case studies/practice stories used in this web site and knowledge exchange. Authors, writers, editors and contributors are free to adapt these outlines where necessary while ensuring that these key points are addressed. Thank you for your cooperation and kind consideration.

Versions of these summaries will be posted and edited within this web site or linked Google documents. The different stages of development will be noted/dated and will include:

• excerpts or adaptations from one or two credible sources (with credit given to the sources)
  
• first draft (which uses a few or several sources to develop the summary, with web links whenever possible)
• second and subsequent drafts (to be noted as the summary evolves through feedback and editing)
• final version (when the lead or initiating author) considers the version to be ready for publishing
• revised editions may also be published as the lead or initiating authors decide

Outline for a Glossary Term (GT)
Purpose: To provide a clearly stated definition that is free of jargon and easily understandable to a variety of audiences. Misconceptions or varying uses of the term should be addressed.

Suggested Length: One to three paragraphs (Introductions or overviews for a set of topics may be as long as a page)

Suggested Approach: provide a concise definition in one sentence, briefly describe the elements or aspects, refer to its common usage (and misconceptions/misuse) and how the concept related to other aspects of school health promotion or social development. Also provide a very brief summary of the quality of the evidence supporting its use or the experience in addressing/using the topic/concept/practice in the real world.

If the Glossary Term has been adapted or is an excerpt from selected primary sources, then add those, with links, at the bottom of the summary.

Outline for an Encyclopedia Entry (EE)
Purpose: To provide a summary of the concept, key elements, summary paragraphs on the evidence, experience and examples, links to published case studies and list of key resources or reports

Suggested Length: One to two pages

Suggested Outline:

• Definition
• Elements or aspects
• Summary of research, including indication of the strength of the research where possible
• Summary of experience, including challenges, opportunities and strategies that could help
• Suggested future directions for policy-makers, officials, practitioners and researchers at all levels
• List key research, reports and resources

Outline for a Handbook Section (HS)
Purpose: To provide a platform for an ongoing discussion of the topic. Additional pages with case studies, links to published research articles, planning guides and webinars will be added over time.

Suggested Length: 10-15 pages, with sub-pages for case studies and related sub-topics

The summary should include these topics:

1. Introduction
2. Definition of Terms
3. Why is this important?
4. Key aspects or elements of the intervention
5. Current evidence of effectiveness of the intervention or approach on health, specific aspects of the issue, social development and learning/school effectiveness.
6. Selected programs and resources
7. Examples of evidence-based implementation strategies (successful case studies)
8. Challenges to adoption, implementation and sustainability and ways to address those challenges
9. Local mechanisms (eg champions, partnerships) and drivers(directives, incidents, personalities, etc)
10. Building professional, agency or system capacity, changing health, education and other systems, adapting the intervention to specific cultural, geographical or economic contexts
11. Recommendations for National Agencies/Federal Departments, Provincial/State/Territorial Ministries, Local School Boards/Authorities/Agencies, Schools/Clinics/Local Professionals
12. Key Research, Reports and Resources

Bibliographies/Toolboxes (BT)
We have developed extensive outlines for listing the research, reports and resources on the many topics covered in this web site. We think they are useful as tools in their own right, as they provide a comprehensive and systematic way of collecting and analyzing the accumulated knowledge on most topics. Due to the length of these BT, we have published them as separate documents:

• addressing broad health or social issues through comprehensive approaches, coordinated agency-school programs and whole school strategies for various health, social, economic and educational issues

• components, approaches, programs & interventions (core components or infrastructure of comprehensive approaches and multi-intervention programs as well as individual interventions policies, programs, practices and services
• contexts, countries, communities & sub-populations such as children, youth, young adults or sub-populations such as indigenous students or students living in geographically isolated communities
• behaviour, learning & systems change theories/models such as social learning, constructivist pedagogy, concerns-based models or learning-behaviour models (LBMs) such as social & emotional learning or life skills
  
  

Case Studies and Practice Stories
Readers, contributors and others are invited to add their own case studies or practice stories as sub-pages to the handbook sections. Use these questions as a guide to preparing those studies & stories for this web site and other purposes.

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