The role of health professionals in the school programme

The role of the health professional includes being a care provider health educator, consultant, and counsellor. She collaborates with students, parents, administrators, and other health and social service professionals regarding a student's health problems. Thus, you need to be knowledgeable about the area and local regulations affecting school-age children, such as rules for excluding students from school because of communicable diseases, or parasites such as lice or scabies.

The health professional is also a health education consultant for teachers. In addition to providing information on health practices, teaching health classes, or participating in the development of the health education curriculum, the health professional educates the teacher and class when one of the students has a special problem, a disability or a disease such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).