Young people's expectations regarding their participation in the school nursing service.

Forkuo-Minka, Anthony; Kennedy, Catriona; Work, Fiona

Abstract

The school nursing service plays a crucial role to support young people to meet their health and wellbeing needs (e.g. personal and family illness, sexual health, puberty, and anxieties). Exploration of the experiences of young people regarding their participation in the school nursing service may inform its future development and better support for the health and wellbeing needs of young people. This article aims to outline the important of encouraging young people to participate in school nursing. It discusses legal texts, policy and practice context of the school nursing service, young people's rights to participation and enhanced health and wellbeing. The articles provide an overview of evidence demonstrate the gap in young people accessing the school nursing and draws on literature on how enhance the health and wellbeing needs of young people. The conclusion recaps the main points and identified impact.

Citation

FORKUO-MINKA, A., KENNEDY, C. and WORK, F. 2018. Young people's expectations regarding their participation in the school nursing service. British journal of school nursing [online], 13(6), pages 278-281. Available from: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjsn.2018.13.6.278

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 29, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jul 18, 2018
• Publication Date: Jul 31, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jul 26, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 19, 2019
• Journal: British journal of school nursing
• Print ISSN: 1752-2803
• Electronic ISSN: 2052-2827
• Publisher: Mark Allen Healthcare
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 278-281
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjsn.2018.13.6.278
• Keywords: School nursing service; Development; Wellbeing; Young people
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/3022
• Contract Date: Jul 26, 2018