Research Group
The SHE Research Group is a consortium of researchers and research institutions from a number of countries in Europe, linked with the SHE Network. The SHE Research Group is coordinated by the Research Programme for Health and Environmental Education at the Danish School Of Education, University of Aarhus and CBO as WHO Collaborating Centre for School Health Promotion.
Objective and aims
The main objective of the SHE Research Group is:
- To support the development of school health promotion in Europe. We do this by stimulating, facilitating and coordinating conceptual, theoretical and empirical research.
The aims of the SHE Research Group are:
- Facilitating and coordinating research and contribute to conceptual development as well as research-based evidence for the schools for health approach across Europe.
- Research capacity building, stimulating research, and consultancy for the SHE members, in collaboration with the SHE Planning Committee
The main overall research area is health education and health promotion in schools, with particular focus on the health promoting schools approach. Additionally, the research will aim to link health topics with the whole school approach to health promotion, focus on health-determinants, holistic view of health and health inequalities.
EERA
The SHE Research Group also functions as a separate network within the European Educational Research Association (EERA), titled Health Education Research. For more informtion about EERA Network 8.
