Handbook

The Mosa Handbook of School Health

Now in it's 18th Edition, this important reference was last published in 1998 and has some 325 pages.

Edited by Dr Peter McWilliam, formerly Medical Officer to Ackworth School, it costs (incl P&P in UK) £18.50 to MOSA Members; £22.00 to others, when ordered from the MOSA Executive Secretary.

 

 

Please contact: Louise Fortune Executive secretary MOSA 82 Francisco Close Chafford Hundred Grays Essex Rm16 6YD

Publishers: Trentham Books Limited Westview House 734 London Road Oakhill Stoke on Trent Staffordshire ST4 5NP Softback ISBN 1 85856 081 0

Handbook of School Health
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Chapter Headings

1. The Responsibilities of School Medical Officers
2. Preventive Medicine in Schools
3. School Nursing
4. Immunisation
5. Childhood and Adolescence
6. Some Medical Problems of Childhood and Adolescence
7. School Child Abuse
8. Child Protection Policies and The Children Act 1989
9. Sports Injuries at School
10. Safety at School
11. Communicable Diseases

Appendix Reference

A. Table of Notifiable Diseases and Incubation and Exclusion Periods
B. New Pupil Medical Examination Forms
C. Height/Weight Growth Charts
D. Swimming Pool Disinfectants
E. Dental Care in Schools
F. Colour Vision and Eye Care in Sports
G. Medical Report on Examination of a Staff Member
H. Specimen Job Description for a School Nurse
J. Levels of Competence for Immunisation and Vaccination (School Nurses Self-Assessment Form)
K. Specimen Contract (School Doctor)
L. Medical Questionnaire on Entry of a Pupil

Contributors to the 18th Edition of The Handbook Of School Health

Editor
*Dr Peter K. A. McWilliam MB ChB DCH (London) DCH (Glasgow)
Former Medical Officer to Ackworth School
MOSA Council Member

*Dr Philip Bosworth B Sc MB ChB FRCS MRCGP
Medical Officer to Bryanston School
Hon Treasurer of MOSA
MOSA Council Member

Dr Roger W. E. Harrington MB BS MRCGP DFFP D Obst RCOG
Medical Officer to Stowe School
Past President and Hon Secretary of MOSA
MOSA Council Member

Dr T. W. Hoskins MA MB B Chir DCH D Obst RCOG
Formerly Medical Officer to Christ's Hospital, Horsham
Fellow of MOSA
Past President and Hon Secretary of MOSA

*Mrs. Bridget. Lawder RGN
School Nurse, Edgarley Hall School, Glastonbury, Somerset

Dr D. M. Layton MB BS FRCP MRCPCH
Senior Lecturer and Consultant Haematologist, Kings College Hospital and Dental School, London
Honorary Medical Adviser to the Sickle Cell Society

Dr P T. Penny MB BS MRCS LRCP AFOM (RCP)
Former Medical Officer to Taunton School and King's College, Taunton, Somerset
Former MOSA Council Member
Honorary Medical Adviser to the Institute of Swimming Teachers and Coaches.

Dr J.O.B. (Barney) Rosedale MB BS D Obst RCOG DCH DTM and Honorary Life Member of MOSA
Former MOSA Council Member
Medical Officer to the British Everest Expedition 1972

*Dr Margaret E. M. Williams MB BS MRCS MRCP D Obst RCOG
MOSA Council Member
Consultant Community Paediatrician, East Surrey Health Authority

*Dr Ann M. Wood MB ChB MRCPsych
Medical Officer to Benenden School
MOSA Council Member

* Members of the 18th Edition Handbook Committee.

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