School Nurses Matter: Relationship Between School Nurse Employment Policies and Chronic Health Condition Policies in U.S. School Districts
| Autor: | Shiela M. Strauss, Beth E. Jameson, Ellen M McCabe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Employment
Nursing (miscellaneous) Schools Health Policy education Health condition Nurses Population health 03 medical and health sciences School nurse 0302 clinical medicine Whole school 030225 pediatrics Political science Surveys and Questionnaires Chronic Disease Humans 030212 general & internal medicine School health Socioeconomics Location Child School Health Services |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses. 38(5) |
| ISSN: | 1546-8364 |
| Popis: | The increasing prevalence of chronic health conditions (CHCs) in school-aged children highlights the need to better understand school health services’ role regarding CHCs. Using U.S. nationally representative district-level data from the 2016 School Health Policies and Practices Study, we examined whether having policies on school nurses’ employment was associated with having policies on CHCs and whether having such policies varied by geographic location. Compared to districts without such employment policies, districts with such policies (52.3%) were significantly more likely to have CHC management policies. For each CHC policy examined, more than 20% of school districts did not have the CHC policy, with Northeast districts having the greatest proportion of such policies and West districts having the least. Thus, many students’ CHC needs may not be met at school. It is important for school nurses to play a key role in advocating for the development of school-based policies on CHCs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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