Bakgrund: Den psykiska ohälsan ökar hos barn och unga. De ökade psykiska besvären hos elever kan knytas till den individualisering som är en del av den moderna utvecklingen. Att så tidigt som möjligt upptäcka och behandla psykisk ohälsa är angeläget. Skolsköterskan är central för skolhälsovården då hon är tillgänglig i elevernas vardagsmiljö. Syfte. Att belysa skolsköterskans upplevelse av psykisk ohälsa hos elever. Metod: Som metod valdes semistrukturerad intervju. Materialet analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Analysresultatet beskriver fem skolsköterskors upplevelse av psykisk ohälsa hos elever. Resultat: Ur analysresultatet framträdde sex kategorier: Ont, Kommer, Överaktivitet, Trötta, Självskadebeteende och Kompisar. Resultatet visar på en hög frekvens av återkommande besök. Eleverna sökte mest för huvudvärk och ont i magen. Det är mest flickor som söker skolsköterskan, pojkar upplevs ha svårare att ta emot hjälp. / Background: The mental unhealth is increasing of children and youth. The increasedmental problems of students can be connected to the individualization that is a part of themodern development. It is urgent to detect and treat mental unhealth as early as possible.The school nurse is central to school health nursing as she is available in the students’everyday life.Aim: To illuminate the school nurse’s experience of mental unhealth of students.Method: As data collecting method semi structured interview was chosen. The materialwas analyzed with a qualitative content analysis. The result of the analysis describes fiveschool nurse’s experiences of mental unhealth of students.Findings: The result of the analysis was six categories: Pain, Coming, Overactivity, Tired,Self damaging behaviour and friends. The result shows on a high frequency of revisits. Thestudents mostly visited for headache and stomach ache. It is mostly girls who visit theschool nurse, for boys it is more difficult to accept help.

<p>Bakgrund: Den psykiska ohälsan ökar hos barn och unga. De ökade psykiska besvären hos elever kan knytas till den individualisering som är en del av den moderna utvecklingen. Att så tidigt som möjligt upptäcka och behandla psykisk ohälsa är angeläget. Skolsköterskan är central för skolhälsovården då hon är tillgänglig i elevernas vardagsmiljö.</p><p>Syfte. Att belysa skolsköterskans upplevelse av psykisk ohälsa hos elever.</p><p>Metod: Som metod valdes semistrukturerad intervju. Materialet analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Analysresultatet beskriver fem skolsköterskors upplevelse av psykisk ohälsa hos elever.</p><p>Resultat: Ur analysresultatet framträdde sex kategorier: Ont, Kommer, Överaktivitet, Trötta, Självskadebeteende och Kompisar. Resultatet visar på en hög frekvens av återkommande besök. Eleverna sökte mest för huvudvärk och ont i magen. Det är mest flickor som söker skolsköterskan, pojkar upplevs ha svårare att ta emot hjälp.</p> / <p>Background: The mental unhealth is increasing of children and youth. The increasedmental problems of students can be connected to the individualization that is a part of themodern development. It is urgent to detect and treat mental unhealth as early as possible.The school nurse is central to school health nursing as she is available in the students’everyday life.Aim: To illuminate the school nurse’s experience of mental unhealth of students.Method: As data collecting method semi structured interview was chosen. The materialwas analyzed with a qualitative content analysis. The result of the analysis describes fiveschool nurse’s experiences of mental unhealth of students.Findings: The result of the analysis was six categories: Pain, Coming, Overactivity, Tired,Self damaging behaviour and friends. The result shows on a high frequency of revisits. Thestudents mostly visited for headache and stomach ache. It is mostly girls who visit theschool nurse, for boys it is more difficult to accept help.</p>

Health related absenteeism was identified as a problem in the schools in the Molopo region, needing a multi-disciplinary approach which included the parents. A conceptual framework on absenteeism was used as a guideline for the descriptive research design. Using a convenience sampling technique 426 absentees, 22 teachers and 2 school nurses filled in three separate questionnaires in ten schools selected to determine the extent of absenteeism due to health related and other problems, the control measures taken and the awareness of school personnel. Health problems were identified as the main reasons for absenteeism. Inadequate communication between the schools and parents as well as lack of guidelines on the control of absenteeism, were other problems identified. Recommendations made related to the provision of school health services that promote the health status of the pupils based on Primary Health Care principles, parental involvement in school health matters and the formulation of policies aimed at controlling absenteeism in schools. / Health Sciences / M.A. (Nursing Science)

Health related absenteeism was identified as a problem in the schools in the Molopo region, needing a multi-disciplinary approach which included the parents. A conceptual framework on absenteeism was used as a guideline for the descriptive research design. Using a convenience sampling technique 426 absentees, 22 teachers and 2 school nurses filled in three separate questionnaires in ten schools selected to determine the extent of absenteeism due to health related and other problems, the control measures taken and the awareness of school personnel. Health problems were identified as the main reasons for absenteeism. Inadequate communication between the schools and parents as well as lack of guidelines on the control of absenteeism, were other problems identified. Recommendations made related to the provision of school health services that promote the health status of the pupils based on Primary Health Care principles, parental involvement in school health matters and the formulation of policies aimed at controlling absenteeism in schools. / Health Sciences / M.A. (Nursing Science)