Health promotion is the process of helping people to make healthy lifestyle choices and motivating them to become better managers of their own health.  School-based or school-linked health promotion is increasingly recognized as an effective way to coordinate efforts that promote health and prevent disease or other problems. 

The links on the right side bar provide information and lesson plans for schools and teachers to help promote healthy lifestyle choices. 

Visit www.safehealthyschools.org for links to thousands of health education lesson plans on a variety of health and life-style topics.