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School Health Programme MODULE-3
Holistic Health

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SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMME

Note

Read a conversation between two school kids. One of their classmates falls down
and hurts his knees badly and it starts bleeding;
Rahul : Mayank fell down in the ground.

Kriti : His Knee is bleeding.

Rahul : What should we do?

Kriti : I don’t know. Let us inform our class teacher. Class teacher comes and
takes Mayank to a separate room with a First-aid box in her/his hand

Rahul : Look Kriti, Madam is bandaging his wounds.
Kriti : Oh, wow! Ma’am knows bandaging and we have a First-aid box in
our school.

Both of them curious, go to their class teacher and ask why we had a First-aid
box in our school and about the medical facilities provided in the school. In this
chapter you would know about the school health programme implemented in
the school in order to have a little understanding of its objective.

OBJECTIVES

After studying this lesson, you will be able to:

explain the concept of School Health Programme;

explain the aspects of School Health Programme and

learn the organization of School Health Programme.

12.1 CONCEPT OF SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMME

The school Health Programme is applied across the country. It is the only
community based program which specifically targets on nutrition and health of
school aged children. It is focused to improve health outcomes, reduce risk of
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