Doing a health check, in particular by checking that the vaccines are up to date, makes it possible to approach the start of the school year more calmly.
- A medical examination, which makes it possible to establish a health check-up of the child, is carried out at the nursery school for all children aged 3 to 4 years.
- Another medical examination is carried out during the child’s 6th year, in the large section of kindergarten or in CP.
It’s not just the list of school supplies that rhymes with back to school!
Checking eyesight, teeth, supplementing compulsory vaccinations if necessary… are part of the recommendations to protect the health of children.
From kindergarten
Regarding the view, according to theNational Association for the Improvement of Sight (ASNAV)“make an appointment regularly with the ophthalmologist (…) is to offer your child every chance to approach school calmly“.
Especially that “if problems are detected early enough, it will be easier to correct them and these will be less likely to disturb his schooling… It is therefore recommended to have him consult an ophthalmologist from kindergarten and then at 6 years old, when he enters first grade .“
Indeed, 80% of the information that reaches us from the outside world passes through our eyes and at every moment mobilizes almost half of the active part of our brain. And this is especially true at school where children’s sight is particularly stressed by writing, reading and following lessons on the blackboard, for example.
Thus, untreated sight problems can hinder learning and normal schooling, especially since the number of children aged 3 to 10 with sight problems increased by 2% since 2017 to reach 34% according to Ipsosin particular because of the increasing use of smartphones and tablets which generate blue-violet rays that are dangerous for sight.
Up to 24 years old
Concerning dental health, the Health Insurance offers, via the M’T Dents program, offers every 3 years, an appointment and care at the dentist for children from the age of 3 and young people up to 24 years. Doing it just before the start of the school year is a good way to check that the holidays have not done any damage (cavities for example).
On the vaccine side, Ministry of National Education and Youth recalls that children must be vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, poliomyelitis (often associated with whooping cough) to be enrolled in a school. Vaccination against measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and hepatitis B is also highly recommended.
