Alberta Alberta Profile Population 3 5 million 2007

Alberta

Alberta: Profile • Population 3. 5 million (2007 estimate) • 600, 000 students (2116 schools) • 62 public, separate and Francophone school boards • School councils • One provincial governance board and 9 health regions

Healthy Kids Alberta! A provincial cross-ministerial child and youth wellness framework that includes an action plan to address: • Healthy birth outcomes: Improving the health of babies born to low-income women • Child and Youth Mental Health Plan (Positive Futures): Building resiliency or the ability to respond positively to life’s challenges • Healthy Alberta School Communities Strategic Plan

Healthy Alberta School Communities Strategic Plan • Joint initiative between Alberta Education and Alberta Health and Wellness with a School Health and Wellness Manager reporting to both Ministries. • Five strategic directions: Leadership, Partnership, Review and Research, Shared Learning, and Innovation • Priority wellness issues: Healthy eating/Physical activity, Positive social environment/School connectedness, and Healthy choices. • Intended result: : Improved health and learning outcomes for school-aged children and youth in healthy school communities.

Benefits of JCSH membership • • • Knowledge generation specific to: Healthy eating / active living Positive social environments / Social connectedness Healthy Choices Knowledge exchange and resource sharing to: promote healthy school communities Knowledge translation to support: Partnerships between health and education Health literacy in school communities