health education policy

health education

health policy

education policy

Caribbean Community Multi-agency Health and Family Life Education Project

Government managers - education policy development and program administration

6. Stresses that education is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaty on European Union, and that education and training policy should enable all members of society to benefit from high-quality education; points out that inequality still persists in European education systems and that inherited social standing is the major contributing factor; emphasises that ensuring equal access to high-quality education for all members of society is the key to breaking the cycle of social exclusion; recalls, in this connection, that investment is needed to enable all people to take part in stimulating learning experiences at any stage of their ...[+++]lives, and to encourage lifelong learning in order to enhance social inclusion, active citizenship and self-sustainability; recalls, in this context, the need for vocational training and basic skills development, which should take into consideration the differences between Member States’ labour markets and education systems, avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach; points to the necessity of a policy design framework which takes into consideration the potential innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities associated with the region’s existing characteristics, and its realistic potential for diversification, so as to design appropriate strategic intervention on the basis of these features and the intended outcomes, and thus to prevent the risk of an outflow of skilled workers towards more developed regions;

Calls on the Commission to foster the pooling of experience in connection with health education, healthy lifestyle promotion, prevention, early diagnosis and appropriate treatments, in particular in relation to drinking, smoking, diet and obesity and drugs; calls on Member States to promote physical activity, good nutrition and ‘Healthy Schools’ programmes targeted at children, in particular in more disadvantaged areas, and to improve levels of personal, social and health education, with view to promoting healthier behaviour and encouraging positive lifestyle ...[+++]-related behaviour;

16. Calls on the Commission to foster the pooling of experience in connection with health education, healthy lifestyle promotion, prevention, early diagnosis and appropriate treatments, in particular in relation to drinking, smoking, diet and obesity and drugs; calls on Member States to promote physical activity, good nutrition and ‘Healthy Schools’ programmes targeted at children, in particular in more disadvantaged areas, and to improve levels of personal, social and health education, with view to promoting healthier behaviour and encouraging positive lifestyle ...[+++]-related behaviour;

16. Calls on the Commission to foster the pooling of experience in connection with health education, healthy lifestyle promotion, prevention, early diagnosis and appropriate treatments, in particular in relation to drinking, smoking, diet and obesity and drugs; calls on Member States to promote physical activity, good nutrition and ‘Healthy Schools’ programmes targeted at children, in particular in more disadvantaged areas, and to improve levels of personal, social and health education, with view to promoting healthier behaviour and encouraging positive lifestyle ...[+++]-related behaviour;