Ongoing Activities - Identifying Student Health Concerns
8.4.2 Ongoing Activities - Identifying Student Health Concerns
The school principals were asked if the public health nurses helped their staff and students assess student health needs and interests. One-half of school principals reported that nurses were helping their staff and students to identify and assess their health concerns.
Figure 189
| Nurses Help to Identify Student Health Concerns | Planned |
Regulalry |
Once in last 3 years |
Once in last 4-10 years |
Never |
Don’t Know |
| SP - 18A | 0.0 |
47.4 |
18.3 |
7.6 |
19.8 |
6.9 |
They were also asked if they used a published student assessment tool. Based on these responses, it would appear that nurses are using informal or locally developed tools to assess the health concerns of students.
Figure 190
| Nurses Use Assessment Tool | Planned |
Regularly |
Once in last 3 years |
Once in last 4-10 years |
Never |
Don’t Know |
| SP - 18b | 0.7 |
13.5 |
8.5 |
5.2 |
60.8 |
11.3 |