TY - JOUR
T1 - The need for school administrative policies to manage meningitis amongst students in Nigeria
T2 - A viewpoint
AU - Nwobi, Uju A.
AU - Eseadi, Chiedu
AU - Okide, Charity C.
AU - Ogbonnaya, Kingsley Asogu
AU - Nwachukwu, Ruphina
AU - Onuigbo, Liziana N.
AU - Oboegbulem, Angie I.
AU - Nwaubani, Okechukwu O.
AU - Ugwu, Uchenna C.
AU - Ohia, Nkiru C.
AU - Aye, Eucharia N.
AU - Ololo, Kennedy O.
AU - Ofuebe, Justina Ifeoma
AU - Ezegbe, Bernedeth N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2018/11
Y1 - 2018/11
N2 - Students are at greater risk of meningitis than non-students of similar age. However, a lack of specific school administrative policies for the management of meningitis may contribute to the increasing incidence of meningitis in the student population. The study aims were to promote the need for a policy framework in school settings to manage meningitis, and to encourage research to assess the readiness of school administrators to adopt such a policy in Nigeria. The material reviewed here derives from expert opinion, gray literature, national data sources, websites, and peer-reviewed journals. It is important to offer comprehensible, reliable, and accurate information about meningitis to students and staff of every school in Nigeria, as one of the best ways of achieving the goal of preventing meningitis in students may be through the adoption and implementation of meningitis policy frameworks by school administrators. Furthermore, studies are required to examine the readiness of school administrators to adopt a meningitis policy framework.
AB - Students are at greater risk of meningitis than non-students of similar age. However, a lack of specific school administrative policies for the management of meningitis may contribute to the increasing incidence of meningitis in the student population. The study aims were to promote the need for a policy framework in school settings to manage meningitis, and to encourage research to assess the readiness of school administrators to adopt such a policy in Nigeria. The material reviewed here derives from expert opinion, gray literature, national data sources, websites, and peer-reviewed journals. It is important to offer comprehensible, reliable, and accurate information about meningitis to students and staff of every school in Nigeria, as one of the best ways of achieving the goal of preventing meningitis in students may be through the adoption and implementation of meningitis policy frameworks by school administrators. Furthermore, studies are required to examine the readiness of school administrators to adopt a meningitis policy framework.
KW - Disease prevention
KW - Health management
KW - Meningitis
KW - Nigeria
KW - School administrators
KW - School policy
KW - Students
KW - World meningitis day
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85056257004&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0300060518796406
DO - 10.1177/0300060518796406
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30198361
AN - SCOPUS:85056257004
SN - 0300-0605
VL - 46
SP - 4407
EP - 4411
JO - Journal of International Medical Research
JF - Journal of International Medical Research
IS - 11
ER -