• Your school can schedule four to ten sessions at intervals of one to two weeks between each session.
• A minimum of 50 students are required for each session.
• Logistics support will be required. These include portable sounds system with microphone, music player, first-aid kit and a raised platform/stage. An indoor venue is preferred in case of rain.

Objectives:

• To equip students with the knowledge and skills to make informed decisions
• Educate about the harms of smoking such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes
• Highlight peer pressure to smoke as one of the challenges that youth encounter during adolescence

Target Audience: Secondary 1 to 3 students

Programme Content:
A 30-minute Interactive Assembly Skit to raise awareness on:

• How smoking is related to other youth developmental issues
• The benefits of a tobacco-free lifestyle
• Promoting smoke-free norms

Objective: Equip students with knowledge and skills to better manage challenging emotions and the stresses that arise from them

Target audience: Secondary 1 to 2 students

Programme details: An interactive 40-minute assembly talk that covers key emotions such as anger, worry and sadness through the COPES methodology:

• C: Calm down
• O: Observe your emotions
• P: Positive thinking
• E: Explore your options
• S: Seek support

Objective: Equip students with the skills needed to cope with stress as they enter new phases in their lives

Target audience: Secondary 3 to 5 students (particularly the graduating classes)

Programme details: An interactive 40-minute assembly talk that imparts simple and practical strategies that help students cope with stress as they enter new phases in their lives, such as post-secondary education and National Service.

Objective: Provide accurate information on sexually transmitted infections, HIV/STIs and protection

Target audience: Secondary 3 and JC/CI 1 students

Programme details:

• For Secondary School students:
  • One mass talk
  • Class-based lesson taught by MOE-trained sexuality education teachers (one week after the mass talk)
• For Junior College/Centralised Institute students:
  
  • One mass talk. Note that the corresponding class-based lesson in Growing Years (Unit 2 Lesson 3: With Knowledge, Comes Responsibility) should be carried out within a month after the mass talk has been conducted.

Objective: Improve the health and wellbeing of employees in schools and build a health promoting workplace

Rationale: A sustained and effective workplace health programme improves the overall health and wellbeing of employees. This contributes to a positive workplace environment and productive workforce.

Target audience: All staff

Programme details:

• Staff will learn knowledge and tips on how they can improve their health status through participation in either one or two 12-week health programmes. The focus will be on weight management, building mental wellbeing and ergonomics.
• Staff will also receive lifestyle coaching from professionals. 

Objective: Inculcate healthy lifestyle habits among students and assist them in weight management

Target: Overweight and severely overweight students (BMI-for-age percentile ≥ 90^th percentile)

Programme details:

• ReFRESH sports and games
  • Four sessions (two hours each) or eight sessions (one hour each) of sports and games with weight management tips shared during water breaks
  • Students will be encouraged to take part in physical activity via online platforms such as exercise videos on YouTube
• ReFRESH workout
  • Four sessions (90 minutes each) or eight sessions (45 minutes) of workout, such as zumba, Kpop X-fitness, kickboxing and piloxing
• Severely overweight students will need to go for a medical assessment at HPB’s Student Health Centre (SHC).
• At the end of the programme, students who have reduced their BMI-for-age to < 97^th percentile will be discharged from the SHC. Students who do not meet the discharge criteria will receive follow-up at the SHC. 

Objective: Facilitate the timely detection and management of high-risk behaviours, such as smoking, and health-related issues, such as obesity and chronic conditions

Target audience: Students who require support in weight management or students or students who have been found smoking

Programme details:

• Under this programme, we arrange for professional nurses to be stationed in schools to provide convenience for students in seeking health-related advice.
• Through individual or group health counselling sessions conducted at schools, the Lifestyle Coachs provide guidance for students with health-related issues and where necessary, offer them timely interventions and follow-ups.
• As of 2016, the Lifestyle Coach Programme has been rolled out to 30 secondary schools, three ITE Colleges and five polytechnics. We plan to reach out to 50 secondary schools by 2017. 

Objectives: A strengths-based holistic smoking cessation programme to equip and support youth smokers to quit smoking 

Target Audience: Youth smokers

Programme Content:
5 one-hour sessions* conducted over 3 months to:

• Help youths understand and draw upon their strengths in order to take control of their own process of change
• Utilise motivational interviewing techniques to equip youths with the knowledge and skills to kick the habit and learn coping strategies to better deal with stress, anger, frustration or boredom

Objective: A programme designed to equip school staff with knowledge and strategies to help students quit smoking

Target Audience: School teachers / staff involved in smoking cessation for students

Programme Content:
5 segments and an assessment where participants will be:

• Required to complete an online module on smoking cessation prior to the workshop
• Taught practical strategies to help youths understand their smoking behaviour and motivate them to lead a smoke-free lifestyle

Objective: Train educators on:

• Basic knowledge on common mental health problems that students may face and the ability to pick up early warning signs
• Necessary skills to provide appropriate support and referral to services and resources in the school for students, both before and after they seek professional help
• Encouraging help-seeking and promoting early treatment

Target audience: Head of departments and educators

Programme details: A full-day workshop with content specific to youths aged 13 to 18.

Objective: Equip teachers with the basic knowledge and skills required in health promotion

Target audience: Physical Education teachers, Food and Nutrition teachers, and teachers in the health committee

Programme:

• A full-day workshop conducted in HPB covering the following key topics:
  • Mental well-being
    • Common mental health issues prevalent among youths
    • Understanding the warning signs of distress
    • Strategies to encourage positive mental wellbeing within the school environment
  • Substance abuse
    • Knowledge on smoking and alcohol abuse
    • Ways to tackle possible obstacles faced when trying to quit
  • Don’t eat less, eat right
    • Common misconceptions about food products
    • Tips to ensure students are consuming sufficient fruits and vegetables
  • Be active, feel great
    • How to promote physical activity among students
    • Tips to ensure students remain safe while keeping fit
• Each school can register a maximum of three participants.

Objective: Empower students with skills to become health ambassadors

Target audience: Lower secondary students and student leaders

Programme details:

• A one-day workshop (10am to 4pm) that equips students with knowledge and skills on:
  • Peer-led health promotion
  • Pertinent health issues related to youths
  • Life skills such as project management, team work and communication
• Students are required to implement a health promotion project and submit a report to us within three months of project implementation.
• A minimum of 40 students per session, or 10 students if combined with another school