ERIC Number: ED539818
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
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School-Based Health Centers: National Census School Year 2007-08
Strozer, Jan; Juszczak, Linda; Ammerman, Adrienne
National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care's (NASBHC) 2007-2008 Census is the 11th request for data from school-based health centers (SBHCs) since 1986. The Census: (1) provides a better understanding of the role of SBHCs in meeting the needs of underserved children and adolescents; (2) collects relevant trend data on demographics, staffing, operations, prevention activities, clinical services, and policies; and (3) creates a national database of programs. Data for the 2007-2008 Census were collected from October 2008 through October 2009. The 2007-2008 Census identified 1,909 clinics and programs connected with schools nationwide, including: (1) School-based programs: Partnerships between schools and community health organizations that deliver health care to students within a fixed site on a school campus; (2) Mobile programs: Programs without a fixed site that rotate a health care team through a number of schools; and (3) School-linked programs: Health care programs that are formally or informally linked with schools to coordinate and promote health care for students on campus; clinical services are not provided on the school site. These programs (n=86) were not included in this report. Sixty-four percent (n=1226) of known programs responded to the survey. Efforts were made to confirm that health centers that did not complete a survey were open during the 2007-08 school year. With a few exceptions, the analysis in this report includes programs that provide, at a minimum, primary care services (n=1096). However, all programs (n=1226)--including those that do not provide primary care services--are included in the mental health and health promotion/prevention sections of this report. [Additional funding for this paper was provided by the Office of Special Populations.]
Descriptors: School Policy, Clinics, Disadvantaged, Trend Analysis, Educational Trends, Federal Aid, Financial Support, Health Promotion, Prevention, School Health Services, Student Characteristics, Emergency Programs, Information Technology, Databases, Health Needs, Health Insurance, Primary Health Care, Mental Health, Public Health, Child Health, School Nurses, Immunization Programs, Integrated Services, Educational Policy, State Aid, State Policy, Educational Finance, National Surveys, Program Effectiveness, Community Health Services, School Community Programs, Access to Health Care, Special Health Problems, Federal Legislation
National Assembly on School-Based Health Care. 1010 Vermont Avenue NW Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-638-5872; Fax: 202-638-5879; e-mail: info@nasbhc.org; Web site: http://www.nasbhc.org
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education; High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Maternal and Child Health Bureau; Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS), Office of Adolescent Health
Authoring Institution: National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act; Public Health Service Act; Social Security Act
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