Naslov
Challenges of External Evaluation of New Educational Programs: Implementing Health Education in Croatia

Autori
Elezović, Ines

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts: 10th World Congress - Bridging Clinical and Public Health Perspectives to Promote Adolescent Health / - : IAAH, 2013, 58-58

Skup
International Association for Adolescent Health 10th World Congress: Bridging Clinical and Public Health Perspectives to Promote Adolescent Health

Mjesto i datum
Istanbul, Turska, 11.06.2013. - 13.06.2013

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
educational policy; Health Education program; education and public health connections; external evaluation methodology

Sažetak
OBJECTIVE: Health Education is a fairly new concept in modern educational arena in Europe and it represents only one piece of the puzzle in improving public health in general. The new EU health strategy, White Paper – Together for Health: A Strategic Approach for the EU 2008-2013 (2007), calls for partnership with stakeholders at all levels, i.e. European Union institutions (Parliament and Council, regional committees), national governments, economic and social policy makers, local authorities, health-related agencies and all other interest groups and individual citizens. METHODS: Croatia’s accession to EU membership requires introduction and harmonization with new concepts in educational system, as well as for their successive evaluation and monitoring with standardized procedures. The overall idea of more organized institutional bridges building between education and public health thrives to develop, manage and asses the production of targeted knowledge, its practical application and related skills reflected in young people informed and healthy life style. According to the Croatian National Curriculum Framework (2011) Health, Safety and Environmental Protection is one of the six new cross-curricular subjects, along with: Personal and Social Development ; Learning to Learn ; Entrepreneurship ; Use of Information and Communication Technology and Civic Education. RESULTS: Present ongoing implementation represents a second attempt to introduce Health Education in Croatian primary and secondary education. Organized education of children about health issues has a long term projections on demographic trends, shared health values and society’s long-term goals in education, well-fare and labour policies. Different groups of experts are involved in implementation, monitoring and evaluation of these processes. External evaluation of new experimental programs is hence one of the leverages of decision making process and perpetual quality assurance in teaching these values. CONCLUSION: Two-year implementation and evaluation process of Health Education in Croatia (2012-2014) is expected to have great impact on policy making decisions in this field.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Sociologija, Pedagogija

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