The School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
J Clin Nurs. 2013 Jul;22(13-14):1988-2001. doi: 10.1111/jocn.12163.
To explore the interprofessional collaboration between nursing and social work professionals in their delivery of health services for schoolchildren.
Interprofessional education has long been recommended as a way to meet the need for effective collaboration in school health service with a view to improving the quality of health care. No local study in Hong Kong has looked specifically at how nursing and social work professionals carry out school health services through interprofessional education and practice. Therefore, an examination was conducted of collaboration on a community-based school caring project.
A qualitative design was employed, using semi-structured interviews, field observation and field debriefing.
Seven nursing students and five social work students were recruited and interviewed in 2011. The transcripts were analysed using qualitative content analysis.
Three themes were identified: (1) early identification of children's needs through interprofessional collaboration for health promotion, (2) prompt referral for schoolchildren in need, and (3) comprehensive planning and implementation of school health service.
The strength of collaborative work between nursing and social work professionals is that it helps to identify and address these complex health needs of children. Healthcare providers are hence able to develop a fuller understanding of children's problems, which in turn enables them to provide appropriate and effective health promotion interventions.
The development of interprofessional education for school health services should be envisaged by the local higher educational institute and policy makers to reduce children's risk-taking behaviours and promote their health and well-being. Health educators and health policy makers can better understand how interprofessional education and collaboration can promote children health service for regional and national policy and practice.
探讨护理和社会工作专业人员在为学童提供卫生服务方面的专业间合作。
长期以来，人们一直建议进行跨专业教育，以满足学校卫生服务中有效合作的需求，从而提高医疗保健质量。在香港，没有本地研究专门研究护理和社会工作专业人员如何通过跨专业教育和实践开展学校卫生服务。因此，对一个基于社区的学校关怀项目进行了合作审查。
采用定性设计，使用半结构化访谈、现场观察和现场汇报。
2011 年招募了 7 名护理学生和 5 名社会工作学生进行访谈。使用定性内容分析对转录本进行分析。
确定了三个主题：（1）通过跨专业合作促进健康，及早发现儿童的需求，（2）及时转介有需要的学童，以及（3）全面规划和实施学校卫生服务。
护理和社会工作专业人员合作工作的优势在于，它有助于识别和解决儿童这些复杂的健康需求。医疗保健提供者因此能够更全面地了解儿童的问题，从而能够提供适当和有效的健康促进干预措施。
当地高等教育机构和决策者应设想开展学校卫生服务的跨专业教育，以减少儿童的冒险行为，促进他们的健康和福祉。健康教育者和卫生政策制定者可以更好地了解跨专业教育和合作如何促进儿童健康服务，以制定区域和国家政策和实践。
