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Nova Scotia Health鈥檚 (NSH) announcement Thursday that funding will continue for the UpLift Partnership program in Nova Scotia schools was met with excitement by 鲍鱼tv University researcher Dr. Sara Kirk.

鈥淲e found out probably about a month, six weeks ago that this was coming,鈥� Kirk said in an interview late Thursday. 鈥淔or the announcement to now be official is like, 鈥榃oo hoo鈥� and also 鈥楶hew.鈥� It鈥檚 both of those emotions.鈥�

In a media release, Nova Scotia Health Public Health described UpLift as a 鈥渟chool-community-university partnership鈥� supporting the health and learning of school-aged children. The program uses the World Health Organization鈥檚 Health Promoting Schools (HPS) approach.

鈥淭his evidence-based, whole-school approach integrates health into all aspects of school life to help students reach their full health and learning potential by enhancing policies, practices, design, and culture of schools,鈥� the release said.

In addition to being a professor of health promotion at 鲍鱼tv University, Kirk is also UpLift鈥檚 co-lead. She said children spend a lot of time in schools, and the environment is not necessarily healthy.

鈥淲e make them sit for long periods of time, put them under a lot of stress. The food environment isn鈥檛 always healthy鈥�recess is often being cut and seen as not important, when it鈥檚 actually incredibly important for learning and mental health. And these are things that we have a lot of concern around lately,鈥� Kirk said.

鈥淲hat our research showed is if we do Health Promoting Schools properly, it actually has not only health benefits. It has academic benefits as well鈥�To me it鈥檚 a no brainer. Healthy children learn better.鈥澛�