The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the web version of the second edition of its Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!) guidance. Updated statistics on adolescent health and navigation within the comprehensive document are provided in the updated edition. Chapter 5.3 describes implementation strategies for key sectors including education. This chapter also provides links to additional SH resources published by WHO. Go to the full document here.
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From the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report team. This is part of a series of blogs, aiming to inform about some of the core challenges and solutions to collecting quality data, which were further discussed in depth at the first ever Conference on Education Data and Statistics, convened by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) from 7-9 February 2024. Read the four part series here:
This second edition of the SDG 4 Scorecard demonstrates the efforts that countries have been making since 2015 towards achieving their 2025 and 2030 national benchmarks – their targets, which represent their intended contributions to the achievement of SDG 4, the global education goal.. More information here.
OECD has announced the dates for a series of webinars on "mindshifts" towards the future. “OECD Learning & Teaching Compass: MindShift through Upgrading Perspectives in Education”.
The titles, dates and registration links are below. (Go to this calendar for updated links)
INEE and the ERICC Research Consortium are pleased to invite you to a webinar on data systems in education in conflict and crisis settings. Hosted by the ERICC Research Consortium and INEE, this event brings together experts to engage in dialogue on data needs in education in conflict and crisis education, as data issues play a crucial role in driving evidence-based educational decision-making and the design of policies and programs. 28 Feb 2024, 1-2pm UTC Register here.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently published two new resources to support citizen engagement in evidence-informed policy-making in the health field. The first is an overview document that introduces the concept and principles of citizen engagement, its benefits, and challenges. The second is a guide on how to organize mini-publics, a specific form of citizen engagement that involves a representative sample of citizens in structured and facilitated discussions on a policy issue. Join the upcoming WHO webinar, “Citizen Engagement in Evidence-informed Policy-making - Launch of the WHO Overview Document and Mini-Publics Guide”. This event will take place on 29 February 2024, from 14:00 to 15:30 hrs CET. Register here.
A systematic review of hand hygiene programs in schools found that "School-based hand-hygiene interventions are effective in reducing infection-related absence." However the review also found "found no evidence to support the interventions currently recommended in a range of international guidelines. The meta-analysis indicated that school-based hand-hygiene interventions lead to a significant decrease in RT and GI illness-related absence, and so should be implemented, despite high heterogeneity. The optimal behavioural contents of this intervention remains unclear.. The review found some evidence that using more than one behaviour change technique is more effective. Utilising both ‘risk perception’ and ‘instruction’ in intervention design, and targeting both children and adults is also likely more effective. Acces the review at: Hoyle E, Davies H, Bourhill J, Roberts N, Lee JJ, & Albury C. (2023). Effectiveness of hand-hygiene interventions in reducing illness-related absence in educational settings in high income countries: Systematic review and behavioural analysis. Journal of Public Health
A systematic review of 22 studies reported that "Interventions to reduce stigma associated with mental health conditions showed small, short-term effects in young people (post intervention but not at follow up) . Education-based interventions showed relatively more significant effects than other types of interventions." Effective intervention components were educational approaches, including lessons, curriculum that consisted of modules explaining stigma-related concepts and strategies, activities such as video games and facilitated discussion, which could be effective in reducing stigma through correcting misinformation on mental health. The authors observed that "It has been argued that it is often ineffective to reduce stigma in the general public using educational programmes alone and that contact-based interventions are more successful than education-based interventions for adults (Corrigan et al., 2012). Our review showed the opposite findings for young people." Access the review at: Song N, Hugh-Jones S, West RM, Pickavance J, & Mir G. (2023). The effectiveness of anti-stigma interventions for reducing mental health stigma in young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Global Mental Health, 10, e39.
aA 2023 umbrella review of systematic reviews found that obesity prevention interventions with a nutrition component had little effect on body mass index measures for most age groups of young people. The study found Thirteen SRs examined the impact of obesity prevention interventions with nutrition in the school setting in all age groups combined. The umbrella review concluded that "Based on the current evidence, in all age groups combined, nutrition and physical activity interventions in the school setting may not reduce BMI z-score, BMI, or overweight or obesity prevalence. Interventions in school settings likely reduce BMI z-score in children 6–12 years old." This finding suggests that school nutrition programs should focus on primary school. Access the review at: Rozga M, & Handu D. (2023). Nutrition interventions for pediatric obesity prevention: An umbrella review of systematic reviews. Nutrients, 15(24).
A systematic review published in International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion found that educational/behavioral strategies and multifaceted programs are effective in reducing RTIs among young adults and adolescents. However, there is a lack of studies on other potential interventions. The quality of the included studies was moderate. Access the journal article at Malekpour F, Afshari M, Kharghani Moghadam SM, Cheraghi Z, Bashirian S, Moeini B, et al. (2023). The effect of intervention programs on road traffic injury prevention among adolescents and young people: A systematic review. , 1-9.
A systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines among children and adolescents against SARS-CoV-2 variants.This meta-analysis presents moderate-quality evidence that the COVID-19 vaccine is effective in safeguarding children and adolescents from the SARS-CoV-2 variant. Being fully vaccinated may offer greater protection than being partially vaccinated. Access journal article at Lan Z, Yan J, Yang Y, Tang Z, Guo X, Wu Z, et al. (2023). Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines among children and adolescents against SARS-CoV-2 variants: A meta-analysis. European Journal of Pediatrics, 182(12), 5235-5244.
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