Evaluation of health appraisal project of primary school children: a study in Egypt

Hoda Ibrahim Rizk, Madiha Said Abdel‐Razik and Eman Hany Elsebaei

International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2021, vol. 36, issue 4, 1126-1142

Abstract: Background School Health insurance (SHI) is working in Egypt since 2003. However, there were no impact indicators that inform policy makers about health status of school children. Therefore, the school health project was conducted by Arab Medical Union (AMU) Medical Syndicate in cooperation with Ministry of Education (MOE), Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and Public Health Department, Cairo University to conduct comprehensive medical services to primary school children and to assess the impact of the SHI and the efficiency of AMU project to promote health of children. Methods In‐depth interview with policy makers in MOHP, MOE, SHI and secondary analysis of AMU documents. A systematic random sample of 7000 students (7–10 years) was selected which formed 10% of the examined children in AMU project and proportionally distributed in 355 schools in seven Districts in Fayoum Governorate. Results SHI was ineffective in providing preventive services to school children. The AMU project was efficient in covering 82% of the targeted students with clinical, preventive and referral services with estimated cost per student were 54.8LE. Clinical findings showed anaemia the major problem (84%), dental (33%), hair/scalp (9%) and visual errors (6%). Conclusion The current Primary Health Care facilities needs to improve the quality preventive and curative health services provided to school children. Also, providing health services through medical conveys was of high cost and unsustainable.

Date: 2021
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