Abstract:

Objective To explore the policy framework, core content, and curriculum implementation of physical activity and health-related curriculum in perspective of health-promoting school.

Methods Based on the policies related to health-promoting school and the World Health Organization (WHO) theory of health service system, content analysis was conducted on the core policy documents of WHO and UNESCO, and to construct the policy framework, core contents, and implementation pathways of physical activity and health-related curriculum in schools from the perspective of health-promoting school. The core policy documents included Making Every School a Health-Promoting School: Global Standards and Indicators; Making Every School a Health-Promoting School: Implementation Guidelines; and WHO Guidelines on School Health Services.

Results Policy framework, theoretical basis, core content, and implementation pathways of physical activity and health-related curriculum were established in perspectives of WHO policies of health-promoting school. The core content of physical activity and health-related curriculum in health-promoting school context were systematically analyzed in terms of school physical activity and health-related curriculum. The specific implementation path of physical activity and health-related curriculum in health-promoting school involved six aspects: curriculum objectives, curriculum content, curriculum approaches, curriculum evaluation, learning materials, and teacher training.

Conclusion Health promotion is an important part of health service system. Health-related curriculum in schools is the use of educational and health-related tools to provide health services to students in a school context. Physical activity and health-related curriculum is a comprehensive health service for students' physical and mental health development in a health-promoting school setting. The pathways and methods for constructing a physical activity and health-related curriculum in a health-promoting school perspective involve six main areas: curriculum objectives, curriculum content, curriculum approaches, curriculum evaluation, learning materials, and teacher training.

Key words: health-promoting school, physical activity, health-related curriculum, health services