Expanding Child Health Screenings Through School-Community Partnerships.


Journal

The American journal of nursing
ISSN: 1538-7488
Titre abrégé: Am J Nurs
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0372646

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
01 Sep 2024
Historique:
medline: 26 8 2024
pubmed: 26 8 2024
entrez: 26 8 2024
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

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.

Identifiants

pubmed: 39185984
doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0001050820.21339.31
pii: 00000446-202409000-00023
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

53-57

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Auteurs

Ellen M McCabe (EM)

Ellen M. McCabe is an assistant professor at the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing in New York City, from which Emma Johnson recently graduated. Nakia C. Best is an assistant professor at the Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing at the University of California, Irvine. Sheryl Bennett is an assistant professor at the Orvis School of Nursing at the University of Nevada, Reno. Beth E. Jameson is an assistant professor at the Seton Hall University College of Nursing in South Orange, NJ. Contact author: Ellen M. McCabe, em3766@hunter.cuny.edu. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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