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Activities
Various activities for school health examination -
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Preparatory activities like enumeration of students,
procurement of drugs, cards etc. start usually during June/July
of every year before actual campaign. |
| 2. |
Communication to Schools for enumerating students
and preparing information on height, weight and chest circumference
of students by teachers and Health staff in that area. |
| 3. |
Preparing School health checkup calendar by fixing
suitable dates and identifying Health Checkups teams to ensure
100% students' checkup. |
| 4. |
For specialists’ care/operations of cases
with major defects |
| 5. |
Guidelines on General cleanliness, care of hair,
nails, daily bathing, washing hands before and after meals,
washing hands after defecation, etc. are given to students in
each class by teachers and by health workers during their visit
to that school |
| 6. |
Recording of details of examination and abnormal
findings, if any, alongwith treatment given/referral made etc,
is done on student Health checkup cards. |
| 7. |
Referral chits for the needy students are given
to the teachers indicating name & institution and dates
of specialist care. The referral chits are either can be transferred
to parents or the students referral has to be taken care by
the school authorities |
| 8. |
Follow up of students who are given treatment
locally. |
| 9. |
Ensure about
a) the referred students to attend the identified Referral institute
b) students are examined and necessary management is arranged. |
| 10. |
Needy students are transferred to District level
/ Medical College level hospitals / specialty clinics for expert
opinion or surgery like operations for Heart defects, undescended
testis, Hernia, Orthopaedic problem etc. |
| 11. |
Maintaining records/reports & submitting necessary reports
to higher authorities.
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