Excerpt from Health-promoting schools: a resource for developing indicators, (2006) Schools for Health Europe, Amsterdam
Soula Ioannou & Olga Kalakouta Method for developing health-promoting schools indicators at the school level: an example from Cyprus pp 199-208
This case study proposes a participatory and collaborative method of identifying and agreeing on key areas of impact and associated indicators of the ENHPS with a multidisciplinary and intersectoral working group. The use of participatory,
collaborative and creative methods are in line with the principles that underlie the Egmond Agenda (International Planning Committee, 2002) and the resolution from the First Conference of the ENHPS (1997a, b), which focus on partnership, democratic practices and participation. The study presents a set of key impact areas and related possible indicators of
the role of ENHPS on students, educators, school and community and parents. The aim of the workshop was to identify key areas of impact and related indicators through an active and collaborative process in which the experiences of
educators and health professionals were seriously considered. This was used to evaluate the Cypriotic Network of Health Promoting Schools at the school level. Since schools in the Cypriotic Network of Health Promoting Schools develop an
annual health promotion action plan based on the needs and interests of each school as identified by a coordinating team (teachers, students, parents, school doctor and nurse etc.). Since this is locally driven, schools have different action
plans or programmes. Interestingly, at the workshop the participants easily agreed on key impact areas relating to the role of the ENHPS on students, parents, educators and community and parents.