Beginners’ Assessment Scheme in Terms of the Objectives of Health System Reform Plan

Head of Family and School Population Health of Department of Health in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences stated that beginners’ assessment scheme will be performed in regard to the objectives of the Health System Reform Plan this year.

According to WEBDA, in the Educational-orientation workshop of beginners’ health assessment scheme, having pointed out that all age groups including children, adolescents, adults, the elderly and pregnant women receive services specific to their age group in terms of the Health System Reform Plan, he noted that performing the Beginners’ Assessment Scheme is a good opportunity to provide the target groups with qualitative health services although it covers a low population.

Stating that all necessary measures for more successful implementation of the assessment scheme in this Department has been studied and the ground for this study has been prepared, he added that based on this scheme, preliminary assessment of health, vaccination of new learners in health centers, examination of preliminary assessment of health, vaccination and medical examinations in the community health center have been performed, and all the cases suspected of disorder are referred to clinics specialized centers after diagnosis.

According to him, preventing the onset and examination of diseases, planning educational programs tailored to the child’s talents, diagnosis and replacement of education of children with special needs, helping with the qualitative improvement of education and controlling factors affecting academic failure, investigating the prevalence of physical and mental disorders in children, and completing the forms of new learners’ health records are the objectives of this joint project which will be followed by executives in health care centers of the city and the education bureau.

Dr. Ahmadian emphasized in this meeting that due to the changes in learners’ assessment scheme, holding educational-orientation workshops for experts and the scheme process is the first expected measure in cities after performing internal and external coordination.

It is worth mentioning that the educational-orientation workshop of new learners’ health assessment scheme was hold aiming at providing the latest guidelines and explaining the process of the assessment scheme in the academic year 2016-2017 in Shahid Daliri Hall of the Department of Health attended by experts in charge of the health of adolescents, the youth and schools of the affiliated cities.