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Fit For School
Fit For School (F4S): Global scaling-up of a successful GIZ-approach
The F4S approach uses the school setting to institutionalise health-promoting behaviour like handwashing, tooth brushing and maintaining sanitation facilities among children.
Summary
| What is F4S? |
The F4S approach uses the school setting to support the institutionalization of health-promoting behaviour of children. This includes washing hands with soap, brushing teeth with fluoride toothpaste, daily cleaning of sanitary facilities, etc. The measures in schools include a clear set of rules for routine group activities, simple infrastructural measures such as group washing facilities and accompanying measures such as public cleaning plans. |
| How does it work? |
The Regional F4S programme combines behavioural approaches in schools with other instruments of international cooperation. This includes policy and organizational consulting for political support, the development of training material, and facilitation of close cooperation with various scaling up partners. Simple structural measures in schools complement the interaction. A monitoring system enables the accreditation of schools that meet certain standards and thus sets incentive/recognition structures in the education sector. |
| Where and with whom? |
The F4S approach is scaled up by national and international partners. For example, the Laotian Ministry of Education and Sport has expanded the approach from 22 model schools to over 1100 schools in five years. Positive effects of the interventions aimed at changing everyday routines have been demonstrated in all countries. For example, a long-term study in the Philippines shows improved children's health and less absence from school in participating schools. In addition, it is expected that the children transfer the behaviour into the domestic context and thus strengthen the effect of the hygiene measures. |
The F4S approach in a nutshell
The F4S approach uses the school setting to institutionalize health-promoting behaviour of children. This includes routine washing hands with soap, brushing teeth, daily cleaning of sanitary facilities, etc. The measures in schools include a clear set of rules for regular group activities, simple structural measures such as group washing facilities and accompanying measures such as public cleaning plans.
F4S is scaled by national and international partners. For example, the Laotian Ministry of Education and Sport has expanded the approach from 22 model schools to over 1100 schools in five years. Positive effects of the interventions aimed at changing everyday routines have been demonstrated in all countries. For example, a long-term study in the Philippines shows improved children's health and less absence from school in participating schools. In addition, it is expected that children transfer the behaviour into the domestic context and thus strengthen the effect of the hygiene measures.
The Regional F4S programme combines behavioural approaches in schools with other instruments of international cooperation. This includes policy and organizational consulting for political support, the development of training material, and close cooperation with various scaling partners. Simple structural measures in schools complement the interaction. A monitoring system enables the accreditation of schools that meet certain standards and thus sets incentive structures in the education sector. (www.fitiforschool.international)
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F4S within GIZ
Since the start of the F4S programmes in early 2011, the Sector Programme Sustainable Sanitation has been working closely with the Regional F4S Programme in Southeast Asia to promote the global scaling-up of the F4S approach. Since 2015, the global scaling-up of the F4S approach has been a component of the Sector Programme.
The Sector Programme has worked as a global knowledge hub for the F4S approach and has inspired other bilateral development cooperation projects in the WASH, education and health sector, particularly in Africa (e.g. Guinea and Tanzania have already started own implementation experience).
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