Original Research

Why not a Nurse Demographer?

P.W.W Coetzer
Curationis | Vol 8, No 1 | a483 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v8i1.483 | © 1985 P.W.W Coetzer | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 27 September 1985 | Published: 27 September 1985

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P.W.W Coetzer,, South Africa

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Populations of school children can be utilised for the screening of ill health such as ophthalmic (Kohler et al, 1981: 369-77) and aural (Me Dermott, 1982: 462-8) conditions, heart disease (Okuni, 1982: 1250- 4), scoliosis (Lonstein et al, 1982: 481-8) or dental caries (Rebich et al, 1982: 50-53), with the sole object of clinical intervention. The target population is aimed at all belonging to a defined risk group, usually described in terms of age, sex, ethnicity and occupation.

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