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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES
BY,AMBILY ULAHANNAN
Final year Msc nursing
DEFINITION
SCHOOL
School is defined as an educational institution where
group of pupils pursue defined studies at defined
level, receive instruction from one or more teachers,
frequently interact with other officers and employees
such as principal ,various supervisors ,maintenance
staff etc, usually housed in a single building.
SCHOOL HEALTH
School health refers to the state of
complete physical, mental and
spiritual well being and not merely
absence of diseases or infirmity
among pupils, teachers and other
school personnel.
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES
It refers to the need based comprehensive
services rendered to pupils ,teachers and
other personnel in the school to promote
protect their health and prevent and
control disease and maintain health
NEED FOR SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES
• School children constitute a vital and substantial segment of the population.
• School children are the vulnerable section of the population by virtue of their physical mental emotional and social growth and development during this period.
• School children are exposed to various stressful situations. This situations may cause mental problems, negative attitude, affect growth and development.
• Children coming to school belong to different socio economic and cultural backgrounds which affect their health and nutritional status and require help and guidance in promoting protecting and maintain their health and nutritional status.
• Children in school age are prone to get specific health problem. Various acute and chronic conditions which can be encountered during health period
AIM &
OBJECTIVES
AIM
To protect, promote and
maintain health of school
children and reduce morbidity
and mortality in them.
OBJECTIVES• Create health consciousness among school health
children ,their parents and teachers.
• Provide healthy and safe environment which is conducive to comprehensive development of children.
• Impart health information and conduct health education on various aspects of healthful living in school, home and community.
• Prevent communicable and non communicable diseases.
• Identify and treat any abnormalities /defects/diseases as early as possible and do the necessary referral and follow up.
• Involve teacher ,students and their parents in the management of health aspects.
• Help the teachers and children make constructive and protective use of co curricular and extracurricular activities
COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG SCHOOL
CHILDREN
DENTAL PROBLEMS
MALNUTRITION
GI PROBLEMS
SKIN PROBLEM
VISION PROBLEMS
RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS
BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS
OTHER PROBLEMS
PRINCIPLES
• Be based on health needs of the school children.
• Be planned in coordination with school ,health personnel ,parents and community people.
• A school health council need to be set up to facilitate coordination among them to plan and implement school health services.
• Be part of community health services.
• Emphasis on preventive and promotive aspects.
• Emphasis on health education to promote, protect, improve and maintain health of children and staff ,rather health education should be integrated in regular school curriculum.
• Emphasis on learning through active and desirable participation.
• Be ongoing and continuous programme.
• Have an effective system of record keeping and reporting
COMPONENTS
WHOLESOME SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
MAINTENANCE OF PERSONAL HYGIENE
Health promotive and protective services
NUTRITIONAL SERVICES
RECRETIONAL ACTIVITIES
MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN
HEALTH EDUCATION
IMMUNIZATION
THERAPUTIC MEASURES
HEALTH APPRAISAL
TREATMENT AND FOLLOW UP
FIRST AID AND EMERGENCY CARE
REHABILITATIVE
SERVICES
SCHOOL HEALTH RECORDS
SCHOOL HEALTH TEAM
THE PRINCIPAL• Setup a school health
committee • Approval For school
health programme• Ensure teachers
training.• Ensure maintenance
of health records• Ensure the parents
participation in child care
THE SCHOOL TEACHER• Daily inspection of
children • Daily observation of
children • Help in control
communicable diseases
• Referral of children • Informing parents
about maintain follow up
• Maintenance of record
• Giving first Aid emergency care
THE PARENTS
• Providing information regarding past and present history of medical problems and immunization status.
• Participate and co-operate in physical , medical examination of children .
• Help in correction of defects
• Involved in planning, implementation and evaluation of school health programme.
THE COMMUNITY
• Providing suitable land for school building.
• Providing funds and labor in building proper school.
• Participation in school health committees and contributes the information activities
• Participation and implementation of programme activities.
• Motivating parents to end their children to the school and take care of their health
THE CHILDREN
• Learn values of medical and health examination, personal hygiene, good nutrition, environmental sanitation etc.
• Co –operate in various aspects of school health programme.
• Develop positive habits and healthful living activities as educated upon
• Extend this knowledge to other members of the family and neighborhood etc.
THE MEDICAL OFFICER
• Making diagnosis.• Prescribe the treatment.• Making referral to the
specialists.• Ensuring follow up of the
children.• Initiating promotive and
preventive programme.• Inspection of school
environment and sanitation.
• Holding meetings with parents and teachers.
• Ensuring maintenance of records and reports.
• Evaluation of programme
THE SCHOOL HEALTH NURESE
• Health promotion and specific protection
• Early diagnosis and treatment
• Prevention of complications and rehabilitation
• Liaison activities• Co –ordination• Evaluation• Training and guidance