Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
The Department of Health (DH) announced today (August 18) that it will release the inaugural “School Health Reports and Recommendations” (health reports) tailored to each participating school under the Whole School Health Programme (WSHP) tomorrow (August 19). The DH also commended 11 outstanding schools that have been upgraded to “Advanced Schools” under the WSHP.
“The Chief Executive’s 2024 Policy Address” announced that the WSHP would be strengthened and extended to cover all primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong. Based on the overall health status of students in each school, health reports will also be compiled for each participating school to recommend targeted school-based health promotion measures for physical activities, meals and other matters, to improve students’ physical and psychological well-being.
The health reports cover the above-mentioned four major health themes and six key factors of HPS, namely healthy school policies, schools’ physical environment, schools’ social environment, community links, action competencies for healthy living, and school health care and promotion services.
Furthermore, the Student Health Service Centres of the DH provide annual health assessment services to all primary and secondary students in Hong Kong to identify students with health or behavioral problems at an early stage for timely advice and intervention. In addition to letting individual student know their own health condition, the DH will regularly analyse the data obtained to monitor the overall health condition and relevant trends of local students, and announce relevant findings to the public to raise their awareness on student health.
For more information on the list of participating schools and the WSHP, members of the public may visit the DH’s designated webpage