Lazarus, SandyGanie, LailaWilson, Vanessa Ann2023-07-122024-04-152023-07-122024-04-151995https://hdl.handle.net/10566/10612Magister Educationis - MEdThe primary aim of this study is to conduct an analysis of the existing primary school guidance service in the House of Representatives Department of Education and Culture (Reps:DEC) schools in the Western Cape, and to make suggestions for a school guidance approach that optimises the principle of health promotion. The theoretical framework from which this study draws is that of prevention and health promotion. The research methods used in this study were, Literature reviews of school guidance and the theory of prevention and health promotion. Analysis of relevant policy proposals in South Africa. Semi-structured interviews: with heads of p schological services in Reps:DEC, and teachers in primary schools. An interview guide was used to structure this process. The questions formulated within the interview focus on the existing guidance service in Reps: DEC primary schools; and suggestions for a future school guidance service for primary schools. The analysis highlights that in some instances group guidance does exist in primary schools although the different areas of guidance are not implemented throughout the different phases of the primary school years - but the principle of prevention, which should be the cornerstone of any group guidance programme, particularly in the primary school, has not been clarified nor has it been fully developed.enEducational counselingHealth educationSouth AfricaPrimary schoolHealth promotionThesisUniversity of the Western Cape