Bringing together health and education for school-age children

Traditionally, provision of child health services has been the responsibility of the health ministry, while education has been the domain of the education ministry.

Carpenter, Kera · 1998

Abstract

However, as more children survive early childhood and enter primary school, the school has become a logical point of entry to address their health and nutrition needs. This paper examines factors critical to the successful collaboration of health and education ministries toward the goal of child health, as well as organizational and institutional barriers to collaboration and ways these might be overcome. A brief inventory of more than 20 current inter-agency school-based health service programs in selected developing countries and a bibliography are included.

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Classification

Document type: Studies & Literature Reviews
DEC type: Other USAID Supported Study/Document
Subject: Maternal child health care
DEC terms: Child health careChild nutritionConstraintsCooperationCoordinatingGovernment departmentsHost country cooperationPrimary schools
Sponsoring organization: USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support and Research. Center for Human Capacity. Ofc. of Field Support and Technical Assistance
Authoring organization: Academy for Educational Development, Inc. (AED)Harvard University. Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID)
Language: English

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