Current allocation status of school doctors and health care teachers in pri-mary and secondary schools in Yangzhou
Objective This study was aimed at understanding the current status of the allocation of school doctors and health care teachers in Yangzhou City,to provide a scientific basis and reference for strengthening the construction of school health care teams and improving related policies.Methods In December 2019,a questionnaire survey was conduct-ed among all 370 primary and secondary schools in Yangzhou through census methods.The questionnaire was compiled by the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention.The survey contents included the basic status of schools,and the staff-ing of school doctors and health teachers.The x2 test,Fisher's exact test,or Fisher-Freeman-Halton exact test was used for comparisons between groups.Results Among the 353 schools surveyed,322 schools had 468 school doctors and health care teachers(74 school doctors and 394 health care teachers).The overall allocation rate of school doctors and health care teachers was 91.22％,and the total allocation ratio was 791∶1.The allocation rates of school doctors significantly differed ac-cording to school type(x2=44.708,P＜0.05).A total of 188 schools had more than 600 students,among which 44 schools had full-time school doctors,thus resulting in an overall rate of compliance of 1.06％.A total of 541 full-time school doctors should have been assigned,whereas 66 were assigned as full-time school doctors,thereby indicating a shortage of 475 full-time school doctors.A total of 165 schools had fewer than 600 students,150 of which had school doctors or health teachers,thus resulting in an overall rate of compliance of 90.91％and a shortage of 15 health teachers.Conclusions The current status of the allocation of school doctors and health care teachers in primary and secondary schools in Yangzhou is not ideal.The number of full-time school doctors was severely insufficient,and the number of health teachers was also insufficient.The departments of education and health must urgently explore new assistance mechanisms to strengthen the construction of teams of school medical and health care teachers.
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