Recent Developments in School-Based Health Services in Turkey

Seventeen million students aged between five and nineteen years and one million teachers and staff attending over 55.000 schools account for more than twenty percent of the Turkish population. They can present with a broad range of medical disorders. It is important that they have services designed...

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Published inThe journal of pediatric research Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 60 - 64
Main Authors Baysal, Serpil Uğur, İnce, Tolga
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Izmir Ege Üniversitesi Yayınları 01.06.2018
Galenos Publishing House
Galenos Yayinevi
Subjects
Children & youth
Childrens health
Dental health
Education
Enrollments
Health care policy
Health policy
Health promotion
Health services
Medical screening
Nutrition
Population
Primary care
Provinces
Public health
school health
Schools
Students
Tıp
Turkey health project
İzmir
Ankara Turkey
Anatolia
Turkey
Europe
Turkey health project
Health policy
school health
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Summary:Seventeen million students aged between five and nineteen years and one million teachers and staff attending over 55.000 schools account for more than twenty percent of the Turkish population. They can present with a broad range of medical disorders. It is important that they have services designed to deal with their health problems. The aim of this article is to review the recent developments in school health services in Turkey. Recent projects aiming to improve school-based health services and health research at schools have also been reviewed. In countries where social inequalities are prevalent, school-based health services have a particular importance in reaching out to children who do not have access to appropriate health care. Nowadays, it is encouraging to observe that the topic of “school health” has gained interest among managers and health workers in Turkey.
ISSN:2147-9445
2587-2478
DOI:10.4274/jpr.98852