Health promotion is crucial to strengthen and maintain populations' health and well-being. The multiple global crises (e.g., climate-related, geological hazards, pandemics, armed conflicts and wars) and the new and long standing challenges (e.g., inequality, digitalization and a weakening democracy) are interrelated in a syndemic to which young people are particularly vulnerable. This requires a transformative health promotion agenda to advance health and well-being based on strengths and resources that emphasize a positive and capability-based view of health, rather than focusing exclusively on risks and problems. Advocating for evidence-based policy and empowering individuals will also enable an integrated approach to health in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. While health promotion has long focused on single settings, there is now a clear shift toward considering multiple settings and their complex interactions in which young people learn, live, and play. Schools are relevant health promoting settings that include activities on a curriculum level and the social and physical environment by considering school-external stakeholders and the wider community. Also, schools provide a positive role in the health and well-being of pupils, families and larger communities.

This Research Topic aims to display the multifaceted school health promotion initiatives and its health outcomes in young people (i.e., children and adolescents) through various disciplinary lenses (e.g., nursing, education, public health, psychology, sociology). Furthermore, it seeks to illuminate effective health promotion actions implemented in schools that deal with the multiple crises and uncertainties and address one of the afore mentioned current and long-lasting challenges. Authors are encouraged to present current evidence-based strategies and recommendations to promote health in schools that are suitable for meeting the challenges of current and future crises. This topic will gather manuscripts that will inspire and advocate research in this field.

This Research Topic welcomes research that includes, but is not limited to, the following topics/studies:

• Evidence-based strategies of health promotion in schools.
• Empirical work that highlight the associations between specific lifestyles (e.g., dietary intake, 24h movement behaviour) and health outcomes in children, adolescents and young adults.
• Health literacy, social and/or cultural determinants that contribute to health outcomes (e.g., obesity, hypertension).
• Manuscripts that highlight effective school health promotion strategies when facing crises.
• Critical perspective or critical review manuscripts highlighting key elements that direct future research in the field of health promotion in schools.

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