Objective To ascertain the current situation and demand of school health work in Xuhui District, and to establish the strategy and measures to promote the effective combination of medicine and education, so as to establish the demand-oriented mode for school health prevention and control.

Methods Through questionnaire survey and qualitative interviews, and by multi-angle were investigated school health work needs and school health personnel composition.

Results A total of 105 primary and secondary school health teachers participated in the questionnaire survey.The results showed that the students′ main health problems were myopia, malnutrition and obesity, infectious diseases, injuries and psychological problems.Of the participating teachers, 85% expressed satisfaction with the combination of current medicine and education working system and work network, while 3.8% were not satisfied with the funding for the school health work, 4.8% were not satisfied with the school health information work.Interviews with community health workers indicated that 65% of them believed that in current combination of medicine and education, the most important needs were health education.

Conclusion In establishment of a demand-oriented model of health prevention and control for primary and secondary schools which is suitable for the characteristics of our district, we gradually realize the informationization of students′ health records, continue to deepen the connotation of doctors′ work on the campus, adhere to the concept of "health first", and pay attention to school health education and health promotion work.