Health Screening Has Evolved: Does Your Practice Reflect That?

[...]screening has expanded. [...]A camper's age may influence whether the camper or a parent completes a pre-arrival health assessment tool. * Dollars available to spend on meals will impact nutrition. * Personal tensions and anxiety can affect ability to sleep and/ or function appropriately....

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Camping magazine 2021-03, Vol.94 (2), p.14-16
Main Author: Ebner, Linda
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Behavior Patterns
Camps
Continuity of care
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Educational Experience
Health
Health Behavior
Health Conditions
Health screening
Heart rate
Immunization
Medical screening
Nursing
Nutrition
Observation
Parents & parenting
Personal health
Psychological Patterns
Records (Forms)
Sleep
Surveillance
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:[...]screening has expanded. [...]A camper's age may influence whether the camper or a parent completes a pre-arrival health assessment tool. * Dollars available to spend on meals will impact nutrition. * Personal tensions and anxiety can affect ability to sleep and/ or function appropriately. While current tools focus on COVID-19, the tools can be expanded to ask about health behaviors such as: * Hours of sleep last night * Assessment of one's nutrition (i.e., poor, good, excellent) that day * Amount of time spent with raised heart rate *If the person received a COVID-19 immunization Design the form so it starts seven to 10 days prior to camp arriva and provide the name and contact information for an appropriate camp professional should questions arise. Specifically, look for behavior patterns that indicate the person isn't doing well, such as: * Change in eating and sleeping habits * Gradual withdrawal from activities that used to be engaging and/or fun * Listlessness * Increasing problematic behavior * Generic complaints about health (stomachache, increased fatigue, etc.) *Withdrawal from others, especially friends and other supporting people * Becoming short-tempered Direct staff to tactfully ask individuals about such behaviors to determine if they are, in fact, indicating a health deterioration.
ISSN:0740-4131