Promoting student health and well-being in school has long been a component of education. Traditionally, sports and physical education programs have stressed the importance of staying physically healthy through exercise. More recently, school-based sexual education and nutrition programs have informed young people about the importance of sexual…

Discusses the results of a Canadian Education Association sponsored project--the Student Health and Health Education Survey--which pertain primarily to school health education and which were collected from 200 school systems that provided information on current health practices in Canadian schools. (Author/RK)