Date: March 25-27, 2009 Place: Toronto, Canada. March 25-27, 2009 Background and objectives Agenda Presentations Finding Common Ground in Promoting School Health in the Region / Alfonso Contreras Behavioural Interviewing Brief overview of the Cayman Islands Developments in the Caribbean -The Impact of Chronic Diseases / Glennis Andall-Brereton Caribbean Workshop on School Health Promotion Policy / Joseph Grenada - School Health Prevention Intervention Programme / Hermione Baptiste Policy decisions of the Caribbean Community / Sandra Plummer Results from the Caribbean ST. Lucia - Report on School Health Program Trinidad and Tobago School-based Nutrition Programs: a Caribbean experience / CFNI/PAHO/WHO Life skills HIV and AIDS education: ST. Lucia a case study / Sophia Edwards-Gabriel Comprehensive School Health in Canada / Public Health Agency of Canada Strengthening the alliance between health and education / Claire Avison Photos Participants’ list Contact: Pan American Health Organization Ms. Pilar Vidal vidalpil@paho.org Reading materials MEETING PROCEEDINGS Declaration of Port of Spain, 2007 The Georgetown Declaration on Building a Region Fit for Children for the survival, development, protection dignity, and participation of Children within the Caribbean Community, 2008 Cayman Islands GSHS Factsheet, 2007 Grenada GSHS Factsheet, 2007 Guyana GSHS Factsheet, 2004 Montserrat GSHS Factsheet, 2009 Saint Lucia GSHS Factsheet, 2007 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines GSHS Factsheet, 2007 Trinidad and Tobago Factsheet, 2007 The Caribbean Network of Health Promoting Schools, 2001 Caribbean Health Promotion Workshop. Workshop Report. Saint Vincent, 2007 What is the evidence on school health promotion in improving health or preventing disease and, specifically, what is the effectiveness of the health promoting schools approach? WHO, 2006 Focusing resources on effective school health: a FRESH Start to Enhancing the Quality and Equity of Education. World Education Forum, Final Report, . 2000 EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health Monitoring Partnership for Child Development. Global School Health Policy Checklist, 2006 Aldinger C. Healthy Nutrition: an essential element of a Health-Promoting School. WHO Information Series on School Health, 1998 Brown DW, Riley L, Kann L. Bullying among youth from eight African countries and associations with adverse health behaviors.. Pediatric Health (2008) 2(3), 2889-299 WHO. School Policy Framework. Implementation of the WHO Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, 2008 Meresman S. Health Promotion, Schools and Community: The Labyrinth of Implementation. Observations and Lessons from the Ibero-American Experience. PAHO, 2009 Schools for health, education and development: a call for action EDUCAN: Caribbean Education Sector HIV and AIDS Coordinator Network Health and Family Life Education UNICEF - Life skills - Focusing resources on effective school health