The ENHPS has indicated that the successful implementation of health-promot ing schools policies, principles and methods can contribute significantly to the educational experience of all young people living and learning within schools. Emerging evidence identifies the school, the family and the community as settings that potentially can provide protective or damaging environments for young people in making decisions about their health. One of the main keys to success is partnership and collaboration not only between different sectors at the national, regional and local levels but also with everyone involved in the everyday life of the schools. .
