Professional cooperation in public school physical therapy.
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Public school physical therapy is a new area for the physical therapy profession. Cooperation and communication with all professionals dealing with the disabled child are essential. This paper gives suggestions to help the physical therapist deal with other school personnel. (+info)
School nurse's assistant expert screening system.
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The School Nurse's Assistant is designed to aid the School Nurse by providing a diagnostic discovery tool that also educates the student through the use of multimedia. Response initiated questions focus on the most pertinent student risk factors: lifestyle choices such as alcohol, drugs, and sexual activity. Because the questions are patient driven, the student stays interested as only relevant questions are presented. The School Nurse's Assistant provides the school nurse with increased sociographic information, and delivers cost-effective information to high risk segments of the student population. The potential for successful intervention is dramatic. (+info)
The effectiveness of vision screening by school nurses in secondary school.
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Vision screening of 13 and 15 year old children by school nurses in Oxfordshire has declined in recent years due to the pressure of other commitments. A study was carried out to evaluate the likely consequences of failing to provide vision screening for secondary schoolchildren, in order to make a decision about the future of the service. Parents were also asked to complete a questionnaire about their children's past eye histories. Eight schools that had had no vision screening for at least three years participated in the study. Overall, 3.8% of children between 13 and 15 years old had a visual acuity of worse than 6/12 in one or both eyes, that is they failed vision screening; there was no evidence that this percentage increased significantly across this age range. Less than 1% of children were prescribed and wore spectacles as a consequence of failing vision screening and no new cases of eye pathology were detected. Questionnaire responses suggested that about 50% of children who did not wear spectacles had had an eye examination in the previous two years. The results indicate that vision screening is not the best way to meet the eye/vision needs of secondary schoolchildren. Strategies for targeting the school nursing resource more appropriately are being considered. (+info)
A peer education program to promote the use of conflict resolution skills among at-risk school age males.
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Violence is devastating the lives of children in America's major cities. The problem of violence is particularly acute among disadvantaged young urban males. This program focuses on violence prevention in school-age boys using creative educational techniques and community partnership. The goal of this school-based program is to decrease the incidence of violent episodes in the school by teaching conflict resolution skills. Conflict resolution skills are taught in the health education component of the school health program. Skills are taught using a peer education model supervised by the school health nurse and planned in partnership with a Violence Prevention Advisory Board. Peer education teams consisting of fifth and sixth grade boys are trained and serve as peer educators for the boys in grades K-4. The violence prevention peer education program stresses primary prevention and targets at-risk school age males. The proposal uses a model that promotes the development of student leadership skills and self esteem. The proposal suggests ways to promote school and community involvement using an advisory board made up of student, community, and school leaders. The peer education program is cost effective and demonstrates how existing resources can be used creatively within the school setting. (+info)
A school-based, nurse-administered relaxation training for children with chronic tension-type headache.
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Compared the efficacy of a school-based, nurse-administered relaxation training intervention to a no-treatment control condition for children (10-15 years old) with chronic tension-type headache and the outcome at posttreatment and a 6-month follow-up. The study was conducted in a controlled between-group design including 26 schoolchildren who were randomly assigned to the two treatment conditions. Results showed that headache activity in the children treated with relaxation training was significantly more reduced than among those in the no-treatment control group at posttreatment as well as the 6-month follow-up. At these evaluations, 69% and 73% of the pupils, respectively, treated with relaxation had achieved a clinically significant headache improvement (at least a 50% improvement) as compared to 8% and 27% of the pupils, respectively, in the no-treatment control group. Thus, a school-based, nurse-administered relaxation training program seems to be a viable treatment approach for children with chronic tension-type headaches. (+info)