Survey and design of primary school student’s health information system in West Azerbaijan Province

Abstract

Abstract Introduction: To inform the health condition and to have a healthy society, it is essential to have an Access to health information of the primary school students. Most of the health information systems have been designed for the care of adults and all of them are limited to record the information related to the children. Purpose: The presents study aimed to design and Survey the health information system for primary school students in the southern part of West Azerbaijan province. Method and Materials: The present study was a descriptive - cross sectional study that was performed in 6013 in primary schools in West Azerbaijan Province. The research tools were questionnaire and checklist that were completed by 63 school health educators and 3 school health volunteers of health centers. The data elements were presented to the school health educators and 1 pediatricians. The content validity and Cronbach's alpha was used to assess the validity and reliability of the tools. SPSS version 66 was used for data analysis. Results: Students’ Personal Health Record is a booklet that called “Health Information” and includes 1001 of the demographic information, screening data and immunization information, but it has a weak sequence and integrity that required to obtain the health information. The school-age care data and the results of referrals from school were documented in none of the schools. Due to low security and privacy of paper information, and the weak role of school health educators in the process of documentation, the reports were unreliable. The information data was revised and 100 percent was approved without a dissenting opinion. Conclusion: Lack of complete record of health information in paper-based system and absence of a process for feedback reflecting of students’ problems indicates the necessity to create the electronic health information system. Designing electronic health records can be a major step to create a database with the ability to be sued in exchange with electronic health information system.