CONFERENCE: Laying the Foundation for Healthy and Active Ageing - The Role of Schools in Promoting Lifelong Wellbeing
On 16 January 2025, the European final conference of the SHE4AHA project was held at the South Denmark European Office.
The SHE4AHA partners and some of the 15 local pilot schools that have actively participated in the project shared the results of the project and their learning on the journey to becoming a health promoting school.
The day concluded with a panel debate where representatives from all countries and external stakeholders discussed the importance of working with health promotion from an early age and why schools are the ideal place to do this.
You can find all the presentations from the day below.
Introduction to SHE4AHA & the Green Paper on ageing
By Henriette Hansen, South Denmark European Office
What is health promotion and a health promoting school
By Anette Schulz, Schools for Health in Europe Network Foundation
Becoming a health promoting school
By Mia Schøler, Fanø School
Being a health promoting school
By María Helen Eiðsdóttir, Fossvogsskólil
By Björg Kristín, Guðbjörg Pálsdóttir and Sigurlaug Rúna Guðmundsd, Hraunvalaskólil
Policies, cultures and structures - what is needed if we want to succeed with School Health Promotion?
By Adeline Darlington, University of Lyon
By Teresa Valaca, Research Centre on Child Studies – University of Minho
A call for a renewed focus on wellbeing in schools: The Schools4Health initiative
By Gabriella Sutton, EuroHealthNet