2020 Volume 86 Issue 4 Pages 159-175
Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify factors promoting and inhibiting the introduction and effective development of school health practice.
Methods: An interview survey of eight teachers of basic public health nurse (PHN) education courses incorporating school health practice was conducted. An inductive research methodology was used for the analysis.
Results: The study found six types of factors promoted and inhibited the effective development of school health practice: “students’ readiness,” “individual aspects of practical instructors,” “pre-adjustment,” “practice setting situations,” “students’ learning,” and “post-practice.” On the other hand, there were three types of factors that promoted the introduction of school health practice: “environmental foundation of accepting practice,” “educational institutions’ situations,” and “adjustment process of introduction”; inhibiting factors were classified into four categories with the addition of “institutional position of practical training.”
Discussion: As a result of considering adopting the promoting factors and addressing the inhibiting factors, it was revealed that many of the measures may be implemented by basic PHN educational institutions and teachers.
