| Chip Title: | Establishment of School Health Club in Private Secondary School in Lagos Mainland |
| Participant(s): | Dr. Hassan Olufemi Mobolaji Ms. Durojaiye Temitope |
| Organization: | HECAHN School Health Network |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Region: | Western_Africa |
Presentation (PDF) mdi13_gh_gh1319_1378649721-presentation.pdf
CHIP Plan (PDF) mdi13_gh_gh1319_1378649721-chip_plan.pdf
Details
Location: Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria.
Mission statement
Hecahn school health network seeks to prevent diseases, promote and improve health care services through a coordinated school health programme and intersectoral collaboration between the education and health sectors, to promote healthy bodies and sound minds for effective learning and child development in school-aged children and adolescents.
About Hecahn Health Services Ltd
- A private health organization and social enterprise
- provides preventive, promotive and curative health services
- Coordinated School Health Program for children and adolescents in schools
- Healthcare finance consulting to corporate organizations linking them to providers and health insurers.
Community / Population Served
- Children and adolescents
- Adults
Services Provided
- School Health Services
- Health care financing
CHIP Project Selection
Summary of Project:
To create awareness, provide necessary interventions on mental health challenges and improve decision making on sexuality and reproductive health issues among adolescents in secondary schools.
Critical Issues the Project Addresses:
- Mental health
- Sexuality and Reproductive health
How does your organization fit in?
Hecahn is a health care outfit that works with schools
Why is this project an opportunity for you?
Create awareness on school health
The CHIP
Goal:
Create awareness, provide necessary interventions on mental health challenges and improve decision making on sexuality and reproductive health issues among adolescents in secondary schools.
Process Objective:
- To design a training manual by 30th September 2013.
- To recruit and train 96 peer educators in 4 schools by 31st Jan, 2014.
Outcome Objective:
- To establish school health clubs and train 192 peer educators in 8 schools by July 2014
Action Plan
- Design training manual and highlight program areas ( Sept 2013).
- Identify 8 schools in Lagos Mainland and Visits to schools to introduce the concept of School Health Club (Sept - Dec. 2013).
- Train 4 volunteers (Oct. 2013)
- Commencement of school Health clubs(1st of Nov. 12013)
- Conduct first evaluation by the end of Jan., 2014
- Dissemination of results to key stakeholders