title: School health: a national policy issue in the Soviet Union.
abstract: In the Soviet Union school health services are provided as an integral part of the health care delivery system, which is under the Ministry of Health. This paper presents an overview of the Soviet health care delivery system, the model for the delivery of school health services, the role and training of school personnel involved in school health services and implications the Soviet model may have for other countries.
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D012572:School Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D014586:USSR