Integrating a Strategic Framework to Improve Health Education in Schools in South Tyrol, Italy.

Publication date: Jul 09, 2024

This narrative review addresses the integration of health education into school curricula in South Tyrol, an Italian province with significant cultural and linguistic diversity. This review’s objective is to analyze current health education initiatives and propose a strategic framework to enhance school-based health education, aiming to improve student well-being post-pandemic. The review synthesizes global examples and recent local studies, highlighting the importance of comprehensive teacher training, mindfulness-based interventions, culturally sensitive health education, and community engagement. The key findings indicate that current health education programs in South Tyrol are insufficient to meet immediate public health needs, such as low vaccine uptake and mental health challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed strategic framework seeks to align educational strategies with the diverse needs of South Tyrol’s student population, thereby improving health literacy and behavior and strengthening the region’s public health infrastructure.

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Concepts	Keywords
Italian	gender-sensitive education
Literacy	health curriculum development
South	health education
Teacher	integrated health education
Vaccine	mental health education
	post-pandemic
	resilience building
	school health programs
	screen time management
	South Tyrol
	student well-being

Semantics

Type	Source	Name
disease	VO	vaccine
disease	MESH	COVID-19 pandemic
disease	VO	population
drug	DRUGBANK	Coenzyme M
disease	VO	time
disease	VO	organization
disease	VO	effectiveness
drug	DRUGBANK	Nonoxynol-9
disease	VO	effective
disease	VO	vaccination
disease	MESH	Emotional Distress
drug	DRUGBANK	Isoxaflutole
disease	MESH	nutritional status
disease	IDO	intervention
drug	DRUGBANK	Ethanol
disease	VO	immunization
disease	VO	Gap
disease	MESH	low socioeconomic status
drug	DRUGBANK	Spinosad
disease	MESH	bullying
disease	VO	document
disease	MESH	violence
disease	MESH	suicide
drug	DRUGBANK	Ranitidine
drug	DRUGBANK	Pentaerythritol tetranitrate
drug	DRUGBANK	Etoperidone
disease	MESH	Emergency
disease	MESH	Chronic Illnesses
disease	MESH	lifestyle
disease	IDO	process
drug	DRUGBANK	Trestolone
disease	IDO	country
disease	VO	USA
disease	IDO	history
drug	DRUGBANK	Water
disease	MESH	Dengue
disease	VO	report
disease	VO	age

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