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WHO Information Series on School Health: Skills-Based Health Education and Life Skills

Publication date: 
2003
Author(s): 
World Health Organization, Aldinger, C., & Vince Whitman., C.
Project Name: 
WHO Collaborating Center to Promote Health Through Schools and Communities
Funder: 
World Health Organization

This document can be used to orient education and health workers to improve health among youth through skills-based health education, including life skills. The document is designed to define key concepts and explain how skills-based health education, including life skills, fits into the broader context of what schools can do to improve education and health, and how skills can be taught in a participatory manner.

For more information or to obtain: 

Download a copy of WHO Information Series on School Health: Skills-Based Health Education and Life Skills (PDF, 550 KB).

Arabic, Chinese, and Russian versions of this document are available on the WHO website.