School Health Services’ Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Interorganizational Collaboration Regarding Students With Mental Illness: A Scoping Review
2025 (English)In: Journal of School Nursing, ISSN 1059-8405, E-ISSN 1546-8364, Vol. 41, no 1, p. 104-113Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
School health services (SHSs) and school nurses play a crucial role in identifying and supporting students with mental illness. The integration of information and communication technology (ICT) can facilitate interorganizational collaboration in this context. Due to the limited research in this area, a scoping review was conducted to explore SHSs’ use of ICT in interorganization collaboration regarding students with mental illness. Six articles were reviewed, revealing three key themes: “types of ICT employed by SHSs in interorganizational collaboration,” “constellation of SHSs in interorganizational collaboration,” and “opportunities and challenges for SHSs using ICT in interorganizational collaboration.” Notably, two of the six articles highlighted the absence of school nurses in interorganizational collaboration. Even though ICT plays a crucial role in interorganizational collaboration, no comprehensive solution was found. This scoping review confirms that there are challenges with operability and regulations that govern the exchange of private information between organizations.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2025. Vol. 41, no 1, p. 104-113
Keywords [en]
adolescents, cooperation, digital technology, health information technology, mental health, school health, school nurse, system collaboration
National Category
Nursing Information Systems, Social aspects Information Systems, Social aspects
Research subject
Family-Centred Health
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-23709DOI: 10.1177/10598405241245029ISI: 001199578100001PubMedID: 38594954Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85190437192OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-23709DiVA, id: diva2:1850374
Note
CC BY
Corresponding author(s): Angelika Johansson Cristvall, Institution of Health, Blekinge Institute of Technology BTH, 371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden. Email: angelika.johansson.cristvall@bth.se
We would like to thank the librarians at Blekinge University of Technology and an extend special thanks to librarian Krister Johannesson at the University of Skövde for the support during the study.
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: research grants for PhD studies (AJC) from Norrtälje County Council.
2024-04-102024-04-102025-02-17Bibliographically approved