Sustained Support - Educator Use of Referrals
8.3.10 Sustained Support - Educator Use of Referrals
School principals and teachers were asked questions on how often schools refer students to adolescent health services, for sexual health issues.
About one-half of school principals reported that they review the procedures for referring students to health services regularly with their staff:
Figure 183
| Review Referrals of Students to School Health Services |
Planned |
Regularly |
Within last 3 years |
Within last 4-10 years |
Never |
Don’t Know |
No Response |
| SP - 16l | 2.4 |
48.6 |
10.1 |
4.9 |
24.7 |
8.3 |
1.0 |
Teachers were asked how often they refer students to other professionals for sexuality information. On a nine point scale, where one was "very often" and nine "never", the mean response was 4.9. This indicates that teachers are making these referrals on an average basis.
School principals were also asked if they reviewed the number and nature of the student health problems with guidance counselors. About two-thirds said that they do so regularly.
Figure 184
| Review Number, Nature of Referrals To School Health Services |
Planned |
Regularly |
Within last 3 years |
Within last 4-10 years |
Never |
Don’t Know |
No Response |
| SP - 16l | 0.0 |
62.2 |
5.1 |
0.0 |
28.8 |
2.0 |
1.9 |