School Nurses Matter: Relationship between School Nurse Employment Policies and Chronic Health Condition Policies in U.S. School Districts

Autor/inn/en	McCabe, Ellen M.; Jameson, Beth E.; Strauss, Shiela M.
Titel	School Nurses Matter: Relationship between School Nurse Employment Policies and Chronic Health Condition Policies in U.S. School Districts
Quelle	In: Journal of School Nursing, 38 (2022) 5, S.467-477 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (McCabe, Ellen M.) ORCID (Jameson, Beth E.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-8405
DOI	10.1177/1059840520973413
Schlagwörter	School Nurses; Personnel Policy; Health Conditions; School Policy; Policy Analysis; Health Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Personalpolitik; Schulpolitik; Politikfeldanalyse
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01