88) SCHOOL: College of Ruílhe inaugurates Own Health School

Educating for Health, contributing to the promotion of healthy behaviour on the part of the school community is the main objective of this office coordinated by nurse Ricardo Ferreira. A few days of its opening, the office is already developing a project entitled "Win Health ', in the theme integrating the activities of the school:' School for Life." According Ricardo Ferreira, the first draft of the cabinet aims to making the school community, including students, teachers and officials' pro-active in its pursuit of optimal health status, the adoption of healthy behaviour. "

The activities of the Office of School Health will be diverse and include reviews of health aiming at assessing the physical growth and development, psychomotor and psychosocial; stimulate the choice of healthy behaviour level, for example, nutrition, prevention of consumption and harmful adoption of security measures regulating the practice of physical exercise. In this context, the first work in the office will be the assessment of the approximately 300 students who practise sport at school, followed by pupils of the fifth year.

It is also in examinations of health, promote the prevention of accidents and poisoning and the risks of sun exposure; prevent, identify, learn how to deal with common diseases in various ages; flag and provide continued support to children with chronic illness; identify, support and guide children and families victims of violence or neglect. In these consultations will also be evaluated various parameters such as weight, height, body mass index, blood pressure, dental, vision, posture, overall development, vaccination, among others.

Correio do Minho

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It is here the request to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health to take these issues into the public schools, by people properly trained and can guide the students to the appropriate specialties that children and young people they need. The Ministry of Education has to assume that the success of students is directly proportional to their well being.

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