School Health Service and Principles of Health Education

2005 ◽  
pp. 172-172
Author(s):  
VK Muthu
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Health Service ◽  
School Health ◽  
School Health Service

SPECIAL REVIEWS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1950 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 362-367
Author(s):  
GEORGE M. WHEATLEY
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Service ◽  
School Health ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Marked Change ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Health Examination ◽  
School Health Service ◽  
Antibiotic Drugs

THERE has been a marked change in our concept of the term "school health service." Early activities in this field were almost wholly devoted to the control of communicable disease. Today, thanks to immunization, the antibiotic drugs and health education, most of the old enemies of child health have been conquered. As a result, the years that a child spends in school have been made the healthiest period of life, when appraised by the crude measure of mortality. Why then school health service? Let me first define what I mean by this term. It comprises health supervision of the school child by educators, public health nurses and school physicians for case-finding and health guidance. At no other time of life is the child or family so readily available for preventive medical service and health education. Public health cannot afford to neglect this ready access to so large a segment of the population—actually more than 20 million persons. Entrance to kindergarten and first grade is perhaps the most valuable of these opportunities. For all too many children, this is the first health examination since the first year of life. Habit disorders or physical defects which have developed in the preschool years can be brought to light and treatment advised. A convincing demonstration of the value of a good medical examination at this time of life occurred recently when I was instructing a group of fourth year medical students. As part of their pediatric training, they visited a school to do some examinations under supervision.

scholarly journals School health services and community nutrition: a historical perspective

2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (6a) ◽  
pp. 1337-1338
Author(s):  
Juan Gondra Rezola ◽  
Javier Santolaya ◽  
Javier Orduna ◽  
Francisco Dehesa
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
School Health ◽  
School Health Services ◽  
Community Nutrition ◽  
School Health Service ◽  
Societal Changes

Abstract:The Bilbao School Health Service was created at the beginning of the century with the aim of preventing transmittable diseases among children as well as improving nutrition. At that time such services were established in many other countries. Since then, according to evolving societal changes and emerging needs, the Service has reoriented its scope and structure towards the Health Promotion scheme.Current tasks include health screening examinations and hygiene surveillance as well as preventive and health education programmes.

scholarly journals Medical students assisted health checkup and focused health education – An integration of community and family medicine

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
Sajida Naseem ◽  
Haider Ghazanfar ◽  
Syeda Hanaa Fatima ◽  
Ali Ghazanfar
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
School Health ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Health Checkup ◽  
School Health Service ◽  
The Impact

Objective: The objective of the study was to integrate family medicine practice with the theme of school health service, nutrition and communication skills in the year 4 MBBS curriculum at Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad. Methodology: Health checkup of students aged 5-15 years, in a private school Mashal Model School, Nurpur Shahan, Islamabad was carried out by a family physician assisted by 100 medical students of Year 4, undergoing Community and Family Medicine clerkship at Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad. School children were given health education in their identified health problem. Medical students’ views regarding the activity were recorded through focused group discussion. Results: Each medical student got the opportunity to assist health checkup along with educating them on their health issue in an interactive group discussion for five minutes. Mean score of the impact of this activity on their career was found to be 7.55±1.04 while the impact of this activity in their role as a health provider was found to be 7.64±1.12. Different themes were generated from the focused group discussion. Conclusion: Themes of school health service, nutrition and communication skills can be successfully integrated in the undergraduate teaching of community and family medicine. Medical students by assisting the generalist practice in the school environment can learn communication skills, thus moving towards social responsibility.

scholarly journals Experiences of school health nurses regarding the provision of the school health service delivery in the Tshwane district

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Selebetswe T. Dibakwane ◽  
Mmapheko D. Peu
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
School Health ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Main Role ◽  
School Health Service ◽  
School Health Programme ◽  
School Health Nurses

Background: Irrespective of the provision of an integrated school health policy, the school health nurses continue to experience multiple challenges regarding the provisioning of school health service delivery.Aim: The aim of this paper was to explore and describe the experiences of school health nurses regarding school health service delivery in the Tshwane district.Setting: Schools in the Tshwane district in Pretoria were used in the study.Methods: A qualitative and descriptive phenomenological design was used to conduct the study. Purposive sampling techniques were used to select a sample from the population of school health nurses employed in the Tshwane district and conduct the enquiry because of their knowledge and experience of school health services. The researchers collected data by means of unstructured, one-on-one in-depth interviews. The Tesch data analysis method was used by the researcher and co-coder. The researcher identified categories, subcategories and themes and these were reduced into grouping topics that were related to one another.Results: Positive and negative experiences of school health nurses emerged. It was evident from the findings of the study that the factors affecting the quality of the integrated school health programme (ISHP) provided were interrelated. Most of these factors negatively affected service delivery.Conclusion: It was recommended that the partnership between the National Department of Health and National Department of Basic Education as the main role players should be sustained at all times to ensure the successful implementation of the ISHP.

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