Abstract
Challenges school nurses have to promote students’ mental healthThe school is an important arena for promoting students' mental health. Prevalence of mental health problems among young people is of concern, and focusing on prevention efforts in schools has been considered to be important. The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain further insight into how collaboration between school nurses and teachers can promote students' mental health. This article is based on four interviews with school nurses from secondary and high school. The school nurses highlighted the importance of establishing themselves as visible partners for teachers, while at the same time providing low threshold for services to students. Factors like lack of time and the location of the school nurse’s office, created tension and influenced their work. Much of the work concerning students' mental health was experienced as "fire fighting", while they instead wanted to emphasize health promotion and primary prevention efforts on class and group levels.
Highlights
Skolen er den viktigste arena for helsefremmende og forebyggende arbeid blant barn og unge (Haugland og Grimsmo 2009)
I følge en rapport utført på oppdrag fra Helsedirektoratet, finnes det få studier som har undersøkt skolehelsetjenestens betydning for å fremme elevenes psykiske helse (Skotheim, Eng og Undheim 2014)
Artikkelen er basert på funn fra en studie hvor hensikten var å få økt innsikt i hvordan det tverrfaglige samarbeidet mellom skolehelsetjenesten og lærere foregår for å fremme elevenes psykiske helse
Summary
Skolen er den viktigste arena for helsefremmende og forebyggende arbeid blant barn og unge (Haugland og Grimsmo 2009). Artikkelen er basert på funn fra en studie hvor hensikten var å få økt innsikt i hvordan det tverrfaglige samarbeidet mellom skolehelsetjenesten og lærere foregår for å fremme elevenes psykiske helse. Årgang betraktning knyttet til studien, kan være at helsesøsters kompetanse om psykisk helse ikke ble eksplisitt belyst i intervjuene.
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
