School Health Nursing Services Based On Inter-Sector Cooperation: Model Development
Project no. 818 · Status: Kapanmış · 2016
Summary
Objective: The aim of the project is to implement school health nursing roles and functions, to provide continuous school health services to students, to evaluate the results and to create a model for disseminating school health nursing in all schools. Material and Method: The study was conducted in a primary school in Bornova in Izmir. The research population of the study consisted of 2294 students. Student Follow-up Form, Vision Screening Form, Feedback Form for Teachers' Vision Screening, Health Perception and Health Behaviors Scale in Children and Health Locus of Control Scale were used as data collection tools. This research (Project ID: 818) was supported by Ege University Rectorate Project Coordinator. Findings: Signs and symptoms such as nasal obstruction, discharge or bleeding in 42.8%, wheezing, cough, secretion in 30%, bleeding in gums in 20.3%, cough in 18.5%, and swelling in tonsils in 17.8% were determined. It was found that 22.8% of the students were afraid of the dark, 10.4% had insomnia and 8.4% had nails. 7.7% of the students were overweight and 8.8% were obese. The incidence of overweight and obesity increased significantly with age group and grade level (x2 = 8.432, p = 0.015; x2 = 9.520, p = 0.023). As a result of visual acuity scanning performed with Snellen E test; The prevalence of refractive error was found to be 18.9%. Health education provided by the school nurse improved students' positive health behaviors and health controls (p <0.001). Conclusion: With the model of school health nursing services developed based on intersectoral cooperation, students were given the opportunity of early diagnosis of all health problems and were referred in cooperation with parents, school management and other sectors, and gained awareness of positive health behaviors and their own health. Key words: School nurse, primary school, health office, model