Does Contact by a Family Nurse Practitioner Decrease Early School Absence?

Autor/inn/en	Kerr, Jill; Price, Marva; Kotch, Jonathan; Willis, Stephanie; Fisher, Michael; Silva, Susan
Titel	Does Contact by a Family Nurse Practitioner Decrease Early School Absence?
Quelle	In: Journal of School Nursing, 28 (2012) 1, S.38-46 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-8405
DOI	10.1177/1059840511422818
Schlagwörter	Elementary Schools; School Nurses; Disadvantaged Youth; Home Visits; Primary Education; Preschool Education; School Health Services; Academic Failure; Attendance; Intervention; Telecommunications; Student Characteristics; Elementary School Students; Preschool Children; Diseases; Medical Evaluation; School Districts; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Hausbesuch; Primarbereich; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Schuleingangsuntersuchung; Anwesenheit; Telekommunikationstechnik; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschule; Disease; Krankheit; School district; Schulbezirk
Abstract	Chronic early school absence (preschool through third grade) is associated with school failure. The presence of school nurses may lead to fewer absences, and nurse practitioners in school-based health centers (SBHCs) can facilitate a healthier population resulting in improved attendance. Efforts to get students back to school are unexplored in nursing literature. This article describes a nursing intervention to decrease early school absence in two elementary schools K-3 (N = 449) and a Head Start program (N = 130). The Head Start Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) contacted families of chronically and excessively absent students by telephone, clinic visit at school, or home visit. The aggregate percentage attendance was evaluated by grades (preschool to third grade), schools (Head Start, Elementary Schools 1 and 2), and grades and schools and compared with publicly available school district aggregate data. There were statistically significant increases in attendance from Year 1 to Year 2 at p less than 0.05 at the elementary level but not at the Head Start level. Student demographics, types of contacts, absence reasons (including sick child), and medical diagnoses are described. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10