Chronic health problems in schools

: The presence of children with chronic diseases to school can be a concern for teachers, pupils and parents. Was conducted this study using auto reply survey in the Autonomous Community of Madrid (CAM). The questionnaire was sent to 1161 teachers. Seventy three recognize have a student with chronic diseases in their classrooms and 56% believe their presence will generate some degree of doubt or insecurity about the possibility of occurrence of acute complications. The main reason for it was the absence of explicit instructions on handling certain situations. They find some conditions can induce school absenteeism, difficulties for physical activity and excursions attendance. They agree that school is a good place for health education and expressed readiness to learn to improve their knowledge and skills in this regard.