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