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Throughout the years, the Centre has published different kinds of books, teaching materials, and guidelines
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Books︰
The Healthy Settings Approach in Hong Kong: Sustainable Development for Population Health is the second book in the Healthy Settings Series, which focuses on the upstream, midstream, and downstream approaches for improving population health and reducing health inequity in various settings and contexts. The author uses real life experiences from different countries, with a focus on Hong Kong, and discusses many initiatives that have been enacted. For preview and order online:
https://www.cityu.edu.hk/upress/the-healthy-settings-approach-in-hong-kong
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Leading Healthy and Thriving Schools in Hong Kong: Theory and Practice is the first book in the Healthy Settings Series, which focuses on the upstream, midstream, and downstream approaches for improving population health and reducing health inequity in various settings and contexts. This book, the first of its kind in Hong Kong, establishes the kind of leadership a health-promoting school needs to be successful. It explains the steps school leaders should take to promote health, beginning with an explanation of the link between health and education and then moving into a discussion of how schools can be transformed and what sort of leaders are required for such a transformation. These changes can be applied in individual classrooms and schools as well as more broadly across whole education systems. For preview and order online:
https://www.cityu.edu.hk/upress/leading-healthy-and-thriving-schools-in-hong-kong-theory-and-practice
See book review from HKRB
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| Discounted
health teaching materials |
 “Colourful and Bright Fruit and Vegetable Picture
Card”
| It is a package of colourful and delicate picture cards edited by the
dietitians and nutritionists from the Centre. You can use this
ready-to-use education material to teach about the nutritional values
of common fruits and vegetables available in Hong Kong. Through
reading, children and adolescents will not only acquire knowledge of
food, but will also foster the healthy eating habit of consuming plenty
amount of fruits and vegetables. |
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- One package contains 70 colourful picture cards of common fruits and
vegetables available in Hong Kong (in A4 size).
- Each card includes the Chinese and English name and the Chinese Phonetic
Alphabet of a specific kind of fruit and vegetable.
- It also provides detailed information such as nutritional values, places of
production, practical tips for purchase and storage of the fruit or
vegetable.
Download the ordering form (in Chinese) |
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“Book of Health (Series 1): Hygiene
& You”
| This first series “Book of Health – Hygiene
& You” consists of five storybooks, which describe how children
may be threatened by infectious diseases in daily life. The books also
demonstrate the correct hygiene practices and teach children their
responsibilities in maintaining health. Young readers are able to gain
these knowledge and skills through reading these interesting stories
with their parents. In addition, teachers or parents can also guide
their students through the reading, and use the questions on the last
page of each storybook to help children reflecting their health
practice and attitude, and to provide them with plenty of chances to
put health behaviours into practice. This will certainly help the
children becoming responsible, independent and healthy persons, who are
capable to face the threat of health risks. |
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“Book of Health (Series 2): Communication
and Relationships”
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series of stories in the Book of Health describe the peer and family pressures or challenges faced by kids today. It will surely become one
of the healthy supplementary reading materials for kids, in which
readers will learn more about the acceptance, presentation and
communication skills. With the care and guidance from parents and
teachers, kids will become healthy, enthusiastic, kind and confident
adults in the future. |
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“Book of Health (Series 3): You Are What You
Eat”
| “You Are What You Eat” is one of the elaborate series of “Book of Health”, which provides the parent sand teachers with a friendly tool to equip children with the knowledge and skills on healthy eating. Linking up nutrition education with planting becomes one of the key features of the series. Five stories happened in schools deliver five core messages about healthy eating: (1) no picky eating; (2) healthy snacking; (3) benefits of eating fruits and vegetables; (4) proper weight control; and (5) food safety and making wise choices. Through reading, children will not only acquire knowledge of healthy eating, but will also foster the attitudes of treasuring food and maintaining a balanced diet, as well as the motivation of applying the knowledge and attitudes into practice. |
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Download the ordering form of “Book of
Health” (in Chinese) |
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Guide
for Primary Care Practitioner
“Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Hong Kong:
A Guide for Primary Care Practitioner”
| It is a handy and easy-to-read pocket guide for family physicians and primary care practitioners on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which has been one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. This guide not only illustrates the pharmacological treatments of COPD, but also provides practical and instant information for health care professionals to retrieve quick, concise, valid and evidence-based reference on the characteristics and management of COPD. Life management skills, lifestyle redesign, and support for people with COPD are also discussed. |
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