School Health Program: challenges and possibilities for health promotion from the perspective of healthy eating

ABSTRACT The School Health Program (PSE) elects health promotion as a guideline for developing actions at school. aim is to identify and analyze the program’s strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, threats implement health-promoting that promote healthy eating habits. This review, of qualitative approach, comprises 29 articles evaluation program published between 2015 2021. By SWOT matrix, analysis grouped results into Strengths, Opportunities, Weaknesses, Threats. Among proximity education sectors integration school, unit, family stood out; possibility intersectoral planning was observed. weaknesses refer disarticulation, lack training, predominance biomedical actions. found demonstrate centralization power in schoolchildren’s approach service without broader understanding promotion, providing opportunities medicalization. It concluded it possible develop educational basic services involving schoolchildren their families. practice should be prioritized public agendas order enable its daily services.