How Danish Primary and Lower Secondary Schools Promote Student Health and Well-being

The report shows that schools play an important role in promoting children and young people’s health and well-being. A considerable amount of preventive work is already taking place, particularly focusing on students’ sense of community, social relationships and mental well-being.

Most school leaders consider promoting students’ health and well-being across a range of areas to be an important responsibility for their school. Most staff members also report that their school prioritises this work.

The report also shows that most schools focus their initiatives on areas where students face the greatest challenges.

However, the report also highlights several opportunities for improvement: schools could do more to reach older students and address additional areas, such as students’ sleep, body image and screen use.

(The report is written in Danish.)