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The Canadian Association for School Health gratefully acknowledges the support of the Childhood and Youth Division of Health Canada enabling the Association to report on these examples of youth involvement in public decision-making. About the Canadian Association for School Health The Canadian Association for School Health (CASH) is a federation of 12 provincial/territorial coalitions that promote the use of a coordinated and comprehensive approach to health promotion that uses the school as a strategic site within the community to reach children and youth as well as adults. The Association promotes cooperative efforts among the school, the home and the community in a framework for action called Comprehensive School Health (CSH). The employees of Shannon & McCall Consulting Ltd. act as the staff for the Association. The national office of the Association is located at 2835 Country Woods Drive, Surrey, BC, V4P 9P9, Telephone (604) 535-7664 Fax (604) 531-6454, E-mail dmccall@netcom.ca About the Centre for Community and School Health The Centre is affiliated with the Canadian Association for School Health and brings together researchers and others to examine and disseminate research related to schools, parents, youth, agencies and communities working together to promote the healthy development of children and youth as well as adults who work within and with school systems. The Centre has an extensive collection of selected documents on health issues and strategies for health promotion of children and youth. An abstract database describing those documents is available on the Internet on a subscription basis. Recent research projects undertaken by the centre include heart health, school readiness, student health indicators, nutrition, youth-led health promotion and AIDS prevention.
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