The Innovative Design of Baccalaureate School Health Curriculum

Students are one of the main human capitals of societies. Therefore, paying attention to their health is considered as a new investment in future. One of the effective ways to improve the health of students is training of school health educators in higher education system. The current study aimed to design, develop, and provide curriculum topics in the continuous undergraduate of school health.
Material & This study was a qualitative applied research. The study population were included all the ideas of professionals in the field of school health and curriculum. These opinions have been shown in the form of documents. Study population also includes all curriculum planners and school health specialists who were working in the ministry of education, in Tehran. The targeted sample was included the curriculum and school health records (both internal and external), as well as a choice of 12 curriculum specialists and school health experts. The research tools were curriculum documents and school health and semi-structured interviews which were performed by the curriculum specialists and school health professionals.
The results showed that the curriculum model of Baccalaureate school health, with key elements including the curriculum (objectives, content, teaching methods and evaluation) is in line with the country's higher education system, and it can prepare the condition to train school health educators.
Commissioning of Baccalaureate school health in higher education system is not only a new way to train the health educator for schools, but also prepares the possible growth of student's personal and social health.