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This page begins our international Handbooks that summarize the evidence, experience and examples of interventions related to promoting health, learning and social development through school-based and school-linked programs. As we build these sections of various Handbooks, additional sub-pages will be created from this starting point. As well, please see the corresponding pages on the same topics in our Glossary, Encyclopedia and Bibliographies of Research & Resources.

Each of the summaries appearing in this section use the following outline:

Outline for a Handbook Section

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




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