Expanding Child Health Screenings Through School-Community Partnerships

Child health screenings are a critical, but often overlooked, aspect of children's medical care. School-community partnerships to conduct screenings and ensure that diagnostic follow-up and treatment occur can help achieve optimal child health outcomes. Such partnerships also serve to mitigate...

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Published inThe American journal of nursing Vol. 124; no. 9; p. 53
Main Authors McCabe, Ellen M, Best, Nakia C, Bennett, Sheryl, Johnson, Emma, Jameson, Beth E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.09.2024
Subjects
Child
Child Health
Child Health Services - organization & administration
Community-Institutional Relations
Humans
Mass Screening
School Health Services - organization & administration
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Summary:Child health screenings are a critical, but often overlooked, aspect of children's medical care. School-community partnerships to conduct screenings and ensure that diagnostic follow-up and treatment occur can help achieve optimal child health outcomes. Such partnerships also serve to mitigate the impact of social determinants of health on children's well-being, address health disparities, and promote health equity. This article reviews four essential childhood health screenings-vision, hearing, dental, and mental health-and discusses how schools and community partners can collaborate to offer these screenings.
ISSN:1538-7488
DOI:10.1097/01.NAJ.0001050820.21339.31