Implementing a School-Based Sleep Intervention in the First Year of Elementary School: Voices of the School Nurses as Intervention Deliverers.
Journal
Behavioral sleep medicine
ISSN: 1540-2010
Titre abrégé: Behav Sleep Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101149327
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
pubmed:
31
5
2017
medline:
22
6
2019
entrez:
31
5
2017
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Elementary school nurses are an important component of health care systems. However, translational research of their role in interventions is limited. This study aimed to determine the feasibility, acceptability and sustainability of training the school nursing workforce to deliver a brief behavioral sleep intervention and the associated delivery costs. Twenty-four primary school nurses from the Victorian Department of Education and Training, Melbourne, Australia, involved in delivering the school-based sleep intervention as part of the Sleep Well - Be Well trial participated in three surveys and a focus group over 30 months. An embedded mixed methods design utilizing quantitative and qualitative data sources was used. Qualitative and quantitative evidence demonstrated training school nurses to deliver a brief sleep intervention was feasible and acceptable. Competence and confidence levels were maintained 12 months after the completion of intervention delivery demonstrating sustainability for this low cost model. Benefits of school nurses' participation in translational research projects were also identified. These findings highlight the potential for utilizing school nurses directly in interventions at the health and education interface. Further research is required to address the challenges of intervention implementation and to identify policy implications for other intervention opportunities which may exist.
Sections du résumé
OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND
Elementary school nurses are an important component of health care systems. However, translational research of their role in interventions is limited. This study aimed to determine the feasibility, acceptability and sustainability of training the school nursing workforce to deliver a brief behavioral sleep intervention and the associated delivery costs.
PARTICIPANTS
Twenty-four primary school nurses from the Victorian Department of Education and Training, Melbourne, Australia, involved in delivering the school-based sleep intervention as part of the Sleep Well - Be Well trial participated in three surveys and a focus group over 30 months.
METHODS
An embedded mixed methods design utilizing quantitative and qualitative data sources was used.
RESULTS
Qualitative and quantitative evidence demonstrated training school nurses to deliver a brief sleep intervention was feasible and acceptable. Competence and confidence levels were maintained 12 months after the completion of intervention delivery demonstrating sustainability for this low cost model. Benefits of school nurses' participation in translational research projects were also identified.
CONCLUSIONS
These findings highlight the potential for utilizing school nurses directly in interventions at the health and education interface. Further research is required to address the challenges of intervention implementation and to identify policy implications for other intervention opportunities which may exist.
Identifiants
pubmed: 28557633
doi: 10.1080/15402002.2017.1326917
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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