Supporting the health and well-being of school-aged children through a school nurse programme: a realist evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The school nurse's role varies across countries. In Scotland, the Chief Nursing Officer recommended that the role should be refocused. The refocused programme emphasises nine care pathways with a view to improve pupils' health and wellbeing. Two sites were identified to test this new programme. Our aim was to assess how, for whom and under what circumstances the programme works in order to provide learning to support school nurse training and intended national roll-out.

Methods

This study was a mixed methods study, using a realist evaluation approach, and conducted in three phases. In phase one, six nurse managers from both study sites took part in individual interviews or focus groups and this was complemented by programme documents to develop initial programme t

SUBMITTER: Doi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6114697 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature