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Chronic health conditions are broadly defined as conditions expected to last one year or more, require ongoing medical care, or limit a person’s activities. Chronic diseases are often costly.
Childhood chronic illnesses are common among school-aged children in the United States, and these illnesses often require management within school settings for a child to safely attend. [30] At any stage, children with chronic illness can have reduced quality of life, especially if the children or their families are of low socioeconomic status.
Chronic care models such as the delivery of chronic disease management programs may be effective for patients with long-term chronic conditions. For patients with asthma, having a coordinated program involving multiple health care professionals can make improvements in aspects such as patients perceived quality of life, lung functioning and the ...
For students with acute and chronic health problems, the school nurse will collaborate with the student's physicians and parents to create a health plan that accommodates the student while at school. [10] The school nurse must be competent in management of pediatric health issues such as seizures, asthma, diabetes, and allergies. [11]
Getting an appropriate amount of sleep each night is a form of self-care. Chronic illness (a health condition that is persistent and long lasting, often impacts one's whole life, e.g., heart failure, diabetes, high blood pressure) requires behaviors that control the illness, decrease symptoms, and improve survival such as medication adherence and symptom monitoring.
The majority of teachers feel some degree of anxiety about having children with chronic health conditions in their classrooms. Only 40% of teachers in a study by Clay and colleagues received formal training about teaching children with chronic illnesses, and so many were concerned about providing appropriate accommodations and handling any ...
Managing depression and painful periods If you’re experiencing dysmenorrhea, Amies Oelschlager wants you to know a few things: First, it doesn’t mean you’re simply depressed.
School-based health and nutrition services are provided through the school system to improve the health and well-being of children and in some cases whole families and the broader community. These services have been developed in different ways around the globe, but the fundamentals are constant: the early detection, correction, prevention or ...