Sharing information, knowledge and experience
Welcome to the web site of the International School Health Network (ISHN). The ISHN is an informal network of practitioners, researchers and government officials as well as regional and other networks, international agencies and organizations concerned with health, safety, development, equity, social development, sustainability and other forms of human development. The network is recognized by the World Health Organization as well as other UN agencies and is being developed in cooperation with several international organizations, professions and networks.
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Health is one form of human development and one part of the social role of the school. Members of the ISHN Steering Committee have sought to identify the many things that are common to several holistic approaches to school-based health promotion, safety, social development, equity and learning. We have identified ten important lessons or things that are common to the many models and paradigms in the ISHN Synthesis Statement on Human Development and the Social Role of the School (See embedded document on right side of this page) . Please note that this is not an attempt to develop an over-arching model. Any such attempt would not truly respect the unique perspectives and specific content that these sectors bring to their work with schools. It simply articulates the similarities among the lessons learned through research and practice based on a review of over 100 research and published documents. There are over 25 published models and approaches to school-based and school-linked human development and each of them offers specific value, strengths and experience related to various issues, policies or programs. |
This web site provides information on ISHN as an organization. However, ISHN also maintains an extensive collection of research, reports, and planning/educational resources in a collaborative web site at www.schools-for-all.org. That wiki-based, shared workspace is the home of the World Encyclopedia on School Health, Safety, Social Development, Equity and Sustainable Development that is operated by a number of organizations and editors who lead and facilitate an number of international discussion groups on a variety of topics. The encyclopedia includes an interactive, web-based knowledge exchange program that includes webinars and web meetings, wiki-based glossary and encyclopedia, e-handbooks as well as a series of workshops linked to major international conferences. This knowledge exchange program includes an innovative program collaboratively using Twitter and web-based collections or research and resources that can be embedded within other web sites.
ISHN also works with several experts and organizations to publish a shared School Health Twitter feed and Blog. We all contribute 'tweets" or brief blog articles with web links back to our own web sites, journals or social media. If you would like to contribute to or display this blog or twitter feed on your web site contact dmccall@internationalschoolhealth.org.
Individual, organizational and country/state members of the ISHN benefit from the global exchange of knowledge in a variety of ways and also receive a subscription to the School Health Insider, a news/research/resources information service that lists the school-related articles published each month from over 200 peer-reviewed journals as well as over 100 social media outlets used by international organizations and over 75 news media outlets. We also maintain updated pages on the school-related reports, web sites and contacts in all 200 countries and their respective states/provinces as well as direct links to the relevant pages on the web sites of international and regional agencies, organizations and professions. This services includes daily updates if you use twitter as a professional tool and weekly, monthly and annual summaries posted on the ISHN members web site (that is currently accessible to all as a free introductory service until December 15, 2011. Membership benefits also include reduced fees for international conferences and workshops as well as a variety of conferences and workshops. (Go to our membership sign-up page for more.)
For more information, contact dmccall@internationalschoolhealth.org
ISHN also works with several experts and organizations to publish a shared School Health Twitter feed and Blog. We all contribute 'tweets" or brief blog articles with web links back to our own web sites, journals or social media. If you would like to contribute to or display this blog or twitter feed on your web site contact dmccall@internationalschoolhealth.org.
Individual, organizational and country/state members of the ISHN benefit from the global exchange of knowledge in a variety of ways and also receive a subscription to the School Health Insider, a news/research/resources information service that lists the school-related articles published each month from over 200 peer-reviewed journals as well as over 100 social media outlets used by international organizations and over 75 news media outlets. We also maintain updated pages on the school-related reports, web sites and contacts in all 200 countries and their respective states/provinces as well as direct links to the relevant pages on the web sites of international and regional agencies, organizations and professions. This services includes daily updates if you use twitter as a professional tool and weekly, monthly and annual summaries posted on the ISHN members web site (that is currently accessible to all as a free introductory service until December 15, 2011. Membership benefits also include reduced fees for international conferences and workshops as well as a variety of conferences and workshops. (Go to our membership sign-up page for more.)
For more information, contact dmccall@internationalschoolhealth.org
