Delivering health promotion during school closures in public health emergencies: building consensus among Canadian experts.

ABSTRACT: School-based health promotion is drastically disrupted by school closures during public health emergencies or natural disasters. Climate change will likely accelerate the frequency of these events and hence school closures. We identified innovative health promotion practices delivered during COVID-19 school closures and sought consensus among education experts on their future utility. Fifteen health promotion practices delivered in 87 schools across Alberta, Canada during COVID-19 school closures in Spring 2020, were grouped into: 'awareness of healthy lifestyle behaviours and mental wellness', 'virtual events', 'tangible supports' and 'school-student-family connectedness'. Two expert panels (23 school-level practitioners and 20 decision-makers at the school board and provincial levels) ra

SUBMITTER: Dabravolskaj J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10716908 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature