Rainbows: A primary health care initiative for primary schools

Within the current Australian health system is the understanding of a need to change from the predominate biomedical model to incorporate a comprehensive primary health care centred approach, embracing the social contexts of health and wellbeing. Recent research investigated the benefits of the prim...

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Main Authors: Munns, Ailsa, Forde, K., Krouzecky, M., Shields, L.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34114
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author Munns, Ailsa
Forde, K.
Krouzecky, M.
Shields, L.
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description Within the current Australian health system is the understanding of a need to change from the predominate biomedical model to incorporate a comprehensive primary health care centred approach, embracing the social contexts of health and wellbeing. Recent research investigated the benefits of the primary health care philosophy and strategies in relation to the Rainbows programme which addresses grief and loss in primary school aged students in Western Australia. A multidisciplinary collaboration between the Western Australian Departments of Health and Education enabled community school health nurse coordinators to train teacher facilitators in the implementation of Rainbows, enabling support for students and their parents. The results of this qualitative study indicate that all participants regard Rainbows as effective, with many perceived benefits to students and their families.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-341142017-09-13T15:08:56Z Rainbows: A primary health care initiative for primary schools Munns, Ailsa Forde, K. Krouzecky, M. Shields, L. Grief and loss Community health Comprehensive primary health care Rainbows programme Within the current Australian health system is the understanding of a need to change from the predominate biomedical model to incorporate a comprehensive primary health care centred approach, embracing the social contexts of health and wellbeing. Recent research investigated the benefits of the primary health care philosophy and strategies in relation to the Rainbows programme which addresses grief and loss in primary school aged students in Western Australia. A multidisciplinary collaboration between the Western Australian Departments of Health and Education enabled community school health nurse coordinators to train teacher facilitators in the implementation of Rainbows, enabling support for students and their parents. The results of this qualitative study indicate that all participants regard Rainbows as effective, with many perceived benefits to students and their families. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34114 10.1016/j.colegn.2015.02.002 Elsevier BV fulltext
spellingShingle Grief and loss
Community health
Comprehensive primary health care
Rainbows programme
Munns, Ailsa
Forde, K.
Krouzecky, M.
Shields, L.
Rainbows: A primary health care initiative for primary schools
title Rainbows: A primary health care initiative for primary schools
title_full Rainbows: A primary health care initiative for primary schools
title_fullStr Rainbows: A primary health care initiative for primary schools
title_full_unstemmed Rainbows: A primary health care initiative for primary schools
title_short Rainbows: A primary health care initiative for primary schools
title_sort rainbows: a primary health care initiative for primary schools
topic Grief and loss
Community health
Comprehensive primary health care
Rainbows programme
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34114