Health care interviews by school nurses

A health care interview (HCI) carried out by school nurses was piloted in Bath health authority for pupils entering secondary school. Tim Williamson reports the results of an evaluation study involving 99 pupils who had previously had a check with the school doctor at the age of ten. The HCI significantly improved the children's knowledge of who the school nurse was and how to contact her, but failed to improve knowledge of what the school nurse did. A total of 39 problems requiring some action were identified.