Table 5.

Formative assessment key findings

Top health priorities for learners, as identified by principals (n = 100)
Unhealthy diet	76%
Lack of physical activity	50%
Underweight	47%
Top health priorities for parents, as identified by principals (n = 100)
Substance abuse	91%
Tobacco use	57%
Unhealthy diet	44%
Extent to which poverty and unemployment is a concern for learners at your school (n = 100)
To a great extent	84%
Top barriers to adoption of health promotion programmes (n = 100)
Lack of financial resources	71%
Inadequate facilities	52%
Educators' health status (n = 517)
Overweight	31%
Obese	47%
Hypertensive	56%
Smoke	80%
High waist circumference	56%
High cholesterol	30%
Low physical activity	77%