\u201cKeep your vitality. A\nlife without health is like a river without water\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A wellness health\nprogramme integrating nutrition, Physical activity and mental wellness has\nyielded affective results in reducing stress, depression, heart disease and\nhypertension. Health education teaches students about physical, mental, emotional\nand social health. It not only motivates the students to feel free but also\nmotivates them to improve and maintain their health, prevent stress related\ndiseases and reduce risky behaveiours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our students are the\nfuture. While there are many factors that contribute to the health and\nwell-being of students but school plays a vital role, a role model. It is known\nthat students spend most of their waking hours in schools and that the average\nstudents consume their 50% calories while on school grounds. Health wellness programmes\ngive students incentives, tools social support and strategies to adopt and\nmaintain healthy behaviours. Health education builds students\u2019 knowledge, skills\nand positive attitudes about health. They prepare themselves to be mentally\ncapable to face stress related diseases. Health education curricula and\nknowledge help students learn skills which they will use to make future choices\nthroughout their lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Effective health\nwellness programmes result in reducing students risks around:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
alcohol, tobacco and\nother drugs, injury prevention, mental and social health, physical activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Health education\npromotes learning in other subjects! School health programmes are the essential\nsequel and complement to early child care and development programmes. These health\nprogrammes help link the resources of the health, education, nutrition and\nresources sectors in an infrastructure- the school that is already in place,is\npervasive and is sustained. We know that school system is rarely universal,\ncovers the most effective health systems and has extensive skilled workforce\nthat already works closely with the community. The high effectiveness of these\nprogrammes is a consequence of the health benefit and the education benefit.\nThe effectiveness of such wellness health programmes is measured in terms not\nonly of improved education outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At a high level,\nhealthy students are better learners and help to build strong communities.\nSchools with effective wellness programmes almost always offer wellness related\ntraining as their mandatory school meetings.<\/p>\n","post_date":"2019-11-26 05:42:26","post_status":"publish","slug":"importance-of-wellness-programmes-in-school","meta_title":"","meta_description":"","meta_keywords":"","featured":"22-june.jpg","categories":{"0":{"name":"Education","slug":"education"}}}