The health choices and behaviour patterns adopted during childhood are often maintained into and throughout adulthood (United States Public Health Service, 1990 World Health Organization et al., 1991b McGinnis, 1992 Nutbeam et al., 1993). School, health promotion, framework WHY SCHOOL HEALTH PROMOTION? Accordingly, the model provides a tested framework on which to base approaches and activity for school health promotion initiation, development and continuity. The WASH Project, which used this model in its interaction with schools, was able to demonstrate change in the level of health promotion activity and structural support in participating schools. The model draws on system theory related to organizational change processes and on previous models of school health promotion.
The model is based on the project's practical implementation experience (1992–1995) as an external intervention with its own specific health promotion agenda, operating in a setting that requires a participative approach to maximize outcomes. The WASH Model schematically represents the main elements of the WASH Project's process of initiating and developing health promotion with Western Australian schools. The Western Australian School Health (WASH) model is an empirically designed model that can assist both internal and external agents seeking to interest schools in developing comprehensive school health promotion programs. Models provide a value conceptual framework on which to base action and a standard against which to measure success. Models of school health promotion simplify and support the complex process of encouraging schools to adopt health promotion as part of their organizational practice by outlining phases and areas that bear on adoption and scope of activity.
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