Access to school based health care varies widely in New Zealand. Legally schools are only required to employ a first aider to deal with incidents and injury. Though improvements are now being made.
A phased implementation for supporting existing and establishing new services is planned – starting in 2008/09 with Teen Parent Units, Alternative Education and decile 1 secondary schools. Support will then be extended to decile 2 secondary schools in 2009/10 and decile 3 secondary schools in 2010/11. The Government has allocated $17.2 million to this initiative over the next four years.
The Ministry and DHBs will work with schools, Teen Parent Units and Alternative Education providers to discuss health services relevant to meet the needs of their students. For more information on the Ministry of Health's youth health work plan: Youth Health (MOH) For more information on the implementation of school-based services: School-based services (MoH) Resources: The Ministry of Health has produced guidelines for school-based health care Successful School Health Services for Adolescents: Best Practice review. Resources related to the AIMHI school health project. Find out more: AIMHI (Achievement in Multicultural High Schools) project in South Auckland Auckland School Nurses Group New Zealand College of Nurses - Schools section International information National Assembly on School based Health Care The Centre for Health and Health Care in Schools (USA) School-based Health Care Policy Programme
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