Recogida de datos y seguimiento de problemas de salud crónicos en escolares de Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Las enfermedades crónicas suponen un gran problema para la Salud Pública, pues son causantes de un 63% de las muertes en el mundo. Muchas de estas patologías se desencadenan en edades tempranas, suponiendo un cambio no sólo para los afectados, sino también para su familia y entorno cercano. A su vez, con el paso de los años, la importancia de la enfermera escolar ha quedado demostrada tanto para la Educación para la Salud como para los cuidados de los niños en etapas escolares. Sin embargo, casi la totalidad de los colegios de las Islas Canarias no cuenta aún con estas profesionales sanitarias en sus plantillas. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar el seguimiento que realiza un centro escolar del área metropolitana de Santa Cruz de Tenerife a los alumnos que presentan algún problema de salud crónico: desde el método de recogida de datos, hasta la preparación del personal del centro para brindarles los cuidados de salud que requieren. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal, cuya población estaba formada por profesores y maestros, miembros del equipo directivo y personal de Administración y Servicios del centro escolar. Se recogieron los resultados a través de una encuesta autocumplimentada de 41 preguntas, obteniéndose las respuestas de 35 participantes. Los resultados obtenidos mostraron que el colegio realizaba una buena recogida de datos de salud de los alumnos y el personal del centro estaba en mayor o menor medida informado sobre las patologías de los alumnos. No obstante, los profesores no se sentían capacitados para atender todas las situaciones desencadenadas por las enfermedades de los estudiantes y consideraban una necesidad incorporar una enfermera escolar al centro.Chronic diseases are a big problem for Public Health, as they are the cause of 63% of deaths in the world. Many of these pathologies are triggered at an early age, assuming a change not only for those affected, but also for their family and close environment. In turn, over the years, the importance of the school nurse has been demonstrated both for Health Education and for the care of children in school stages. However, almost all the schools on the Canary Islands do not yet have these health professionals on their staff. The objective of this study was to analyse the monitoring carried out by a school in the metropolitan area of Santa Cruz de Tenerife to students who have a chronic health problem: from the data collection method to the preparation of the centre’s staff to provide them with the healthcare they require. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out, whose population is made up of teachers, members of the management team and Administration and Services staff of the school. The results were collected through a self-completed survey of 41 questions, obtaining the responses of 35 participants. The results obtained showed that the school collected well the health data of the students and the staff of the centre was informed about the pathologies of the students. However, the teachers did not feel qualified to attend to all the situations triggered by the illnesses of the students and they considered it necessary to incorporate a school nurse into the centre

GEOSS AIP And GEOSS Water Services

The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) is being built through the coordination of efforts within the international Group on Earth Observations (GEO), a voluntary partnership established in February 2005, comprised of 89 Member States, the European Commission and 77 Participating Organizations. GEOSS is a global, distributed system accessible through the GEOSS Portal, including satellite observation systems and in situ networks and systems, which will deliver the benefits of Earth observations to both data & information providers and consumers world wide. The 10-Year Implementation Plan defines a vision statement for GEOSS, its purpose and scope, expected benefits for nine “Societal Benefit Areas” (SBAs) (disasters, health, energy, climate, water, weather, ecosystems, agriculture and biodiversity), technical and capacity building priorities, and the GEO governance structure. [1] The GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot (AIP) develops and deploys new process and infrastructure components for the GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI) as well as for the broader GEOSS architecture. The requirements for AIPs are based on user needs and community scenario requirements. The AIP process aims to increase the use of GEOSS resources by end-users in applying both in situ and remotely sensed data, and by extending results from previous GEO developments through integration with the GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI)