title: What Data Do States Collect Related to School Nurses, School Health, and the Health Care Provided?
abstract: School nurses collect data to report to their school district and state agencies. However, there is no national requirement or standard to collect specific data, and each state determines its own set of questions. This study resulted from a joint resolution between the National Association of State School Nurse Consultants and the National Association of School Nurses. The study sought to determine whether similar data points were collected so that comparisons could be made among states and to develop a framework to incorporate the data. Thirty-two states provided their questionnaires or reports. There were 855 data points that could be divided into data related to staff and to students. No categories were measured by all states. The most common data points were the number of students, health screenings, and the number of students with particular conditions for whom the district provided services. A framework for data collection is proposed.
authors.affiliation: University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA selekman@udel.edu.
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Selekman
authors.affiliation: School Support Services, Delaware Department of Education, Dover, DE, USA.
authors.forename: Linda C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.affiliation: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Community Health and Wellness, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Marjorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D012572:School Health Services; D012573:School Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
keywords: chronic diseases; data collection; informatics; quantitative research; role promotion/development; school nurse characteristics