NORTHERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

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NORTHERN CAPEDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

• HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOLS CONFERENCE
• UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
• 14 16 SEPTEMBER 2006
• PRESENTED BY
• ELIAS MOSIKARE

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NORTHERN CAPEDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

• HEALTH PROMOTION SUB-DIRECTORATE
• HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOLS

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N.C. PROVINCE PROFILE

• Geographically the largest, occupying one third
  of the country and vast, but with the least
  population of 2
• 437 primary and high schools
• Province demarcated into 5 districts except for
  the Education Department with 4 districts

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N.C. PROVINCE PROFILE CON

• Districts
  Schools
• Frances Baard 130
• Namakwa 82
• Pixley Ka Seme 102
• Siyanda and Kgalagadi-combined 123
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  437

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BACKGROUND

• School Health Services used to be conducted
  vertically by a team of School Health nurses
  visiting schools periodically to examine and
  refer children presenting health problems.

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BACKGROUND CONT

• The Service was phased out after 1994 because
  there were inequities and lack of standardization
  in the way the school health service was being
  provided.

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BACKGROUND CONT

• The Health Promoting Schools initiative gained
  ground during 2005 and much progress has been
  made in the province.

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LAUNCH OF THE HPS INITIATIVE

• The Health Promoting Schools Initiative was
  launched on 9 October 2005 by the MECs for Health
  and Education.

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LAUNCH OF THE HPS INITIATIVE CONT.

• The School Health Services Programme which is
  located in MCWH was used as an entry point, and
  to date 48 schools have received school health
  services in accordance with the National School
  Health policy.

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LAUNCH OF THE HPS INITIATIVE CONT.

• In 2005, 13 schools which are widely spread in
  the five districts were identified to
  participate in the HPS Programme and integrated
  to other school based programmes.

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SELECTION CRITERIA

• The school must be in a rural, urban or informal
  settlement area
• Buy-in of the school community
• Have existing health promoting programmes and
  need support

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SELECTION CRITERIA CONT

• No health promoting programmes
• Environment not supportive of healthy learning,
  working and living

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GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOLS

• Districts 05/06 06/07
  06/07
• Base
  Target Actual
• Frances Baard 3 5
  07
• Namakwa 3 5
  11
• Pixley Ka Seme 2 5
  8
• Siyanda/Kgalagadi 5 10 16
• Province 13 25
  42

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PROGRESS

• Provincial and district for a
• School based integrated health for a
• Provincial implementation guidelines
• Monitoring and Support tool
• 42 participating schools

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CHALLENGES

• Staff/health promoters
• National standards for implementation
• Budget
• No MoU, which could create opportunity for proper
  planning, definition of roles and clear outcomes
• Community participation (incentives)

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• THANK YOU