Week 4

Question 1

Healthy Child Development

Answer 1

“Healthy child development is at the core of Community Development because children are essential to a healthy and sustainable community”

Question 2

How many children attend school everyday?

Answer 2

• more than 5.1 million Canadian children and adolescents attend school everyday

Question 3

Schools are where

Answer 3

• children and youth learn, play and love
• adults work and engage
• families and neighbourhood gather

Question 4

BC adolescent Health survey gathers data on

Answer 4

• Child behaviour
• Child Physical & Mental Health
• Family Economic Well-Being
• Youth Goals

Question 5

Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) Vision

Answer 5

All children thriving in healthy societies

Question 6

Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) Mission

Answer 6

dedicated to improving the heath and wellbeing of children through interdisciplinary research and mobilizing knowledge

Question 7

EDI

Answer 7

Early development instrument

Question 8

MDI

Answer 8

middle development instrument

Question 9

Who uses EDI data?

Answer 9

• early childhood coalitions, early child development workers, and school representatives
• ministries of children and family development, education and health
• researchers

Question 10

Health Concerns Addressed in School Settings Include:

Answer 10

• unintentional injuries (leading cause of death for children ages 1-19)
• communicable disease
• unhealthy weights
• mental health issues
• risky behaviours

Question 11

what is one of the most cost effective public health interventions?

Answer 11

immunization against vaccine-preventable communicable diseases

Question 12

how many young Canadians live with anxiety, attention deficit, depression, addiction and other disorders?

Answer 12

1.2 million (15%)

Question 13

How many children in Canada under 12 live in poverty?

Answer 13

12%

Question 14

How many Indigenous children under 18 live in poverty?

Answer 14

50%

Question 15

Comprehensive School Health

Answer 15

• CSH is an internationally recognized framework for supporting improvements in students’ educational outcomes while addressing school health in a planned, integrated and holistic way.

Question 16

Why Do we Need Comprehensive School Health?

Answer 16

• Health behaviors have changed
• Physical environments have changed – less green space, climate changes
• Car-centered society, fast food outlets, etc. (over 50% driven to school by car)
• Social and cultural environment has changed (ie -technology)
• Increased income inequities, consumer access (rural areas)
• Over 1 in 4 Canadian adults are obese, and children/youth aged 6-17, 8.6% are obese (obese: 20% or more above ideal weight)

Question 17

The Impact of this Problem

Answer 17

• Increase in chronic diseases
• Increase in children who will develop type 2 diabetes
• Children may no longer outlive their parents

Question 18

What has research shown about school settings

Answer 18

School settings have a positive impact on most of the health behaviours and outcomes of this population

Question 19

4 pillars of CSH

Answer 19

1. Social and physical environment
2. Teaching and learning
3. Healthy school policy
4. Partnerships and services