First Principles
Designing Effective Education Programs for School Health in Developing Countries
By
Bradford Strickland, Ph.D.
This First Principles: Designing Effective Education Programs for School Health in Developing Countries Compendium provides an overview and guidance for designing and implementing programs that support and integrate school health and nutrition activities into education programs in developing countries. The principles, steps, and indicators are primarily meant to guide program designs, including the development of requests for and subsequent review of proposals, the implementation of program activities, and the development of performance management plans, evaluations, and research studies. The First Principles are intended to help USAID education officers specifically, as well as other stakeholders– including staff in donor agencies, government officials, and staff working for international and national non-governmental organizations– who desire to establish or strengthen school health programs, sometimes also called schools-based health promotion programs in order to provide holistic education for all. The guidance in this document is meant to be used and adapted for a variety of settings to help USAID officers, educators and implementers overcome the numerous challenges in supporting the health and learning of youth. The last section provides references for those who would like to learn more about issues and methods for the support of healthy learning environments.