学校越来越被视为促进儿童和青少年的健康,福祉和发展的关键环境。在全球范围内,大多数儿童和青少年都在学校招收,并且越来越多的学生继续从小学到中学入学。(23,24)最好的学校是一个安全可靠的地方,学生可以在这里获得知识,态度,行为,技能和经验,为成为健康,受过教育和敬业的公民提供了基础。For example, schools can address the social determinants of health (e.g., gender-based violence, early marriage and pregnancy), and can promote health through rights-based programmatic initiatives (e.g., food and nutrition interventions (25), comprehensive sexuality education (26)) and through the development of peer norms and social-emotional skills (e.g., to empower students to avoid harmful substances such as alcohol and tobacco (27)).