School health: an essential strategy in promoting community resilience and preparedness for natural disasters
Global Health Action 2015, 8: 29106, doi:10.3402/gha.v8.29106
This paper aims to raise the issue of the importance of schools in disaster response. Its focus is on the school health framework as defined in Focusing Resources for Effective School Health. It analyses the functions of community schools in coping with disasters and the related international agendas on school education and disaster risk reduction (DRR).
According to the authors, schools linked with school health can provide good opportunities for DRR with a focus on development of school health policy and a community-oriented participatory approach.