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Health Education
Rising levels of obesity, binge drinking and smoking amongst children and young people are clear indications that they are not placing health as a priority in their lives. There are many reasons for this, including socio-economic factors, peer influence and media influences.
The importance of ensuring children appreciate the value of good health is clear. Education must begin before children start school. It is then that we need to lay the foundations of knowledge and understanding that children need to enable them to make informed choices about their health. This cannot be the responsibility of teachers and health workers alone. We must work as a community to send positive messages, which encourage children to take responsibility for their health and
well-being.
Life Education provides a series of age appropriate health educational programmes designed to encourage children to take a positive attitude towards health. They can then make informed decisions and develop the necessary life-skills to put them into practice.
Through our unique approach of engaging the community in our work we help develop connections between home and school, between families, children and their teachers.
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