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Bersamin, Melina; Coulter, Robert W. S.; Gaarde, Jenna; Garbers, Samantha; Mair, Christina; Santelli, John – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: Improvements in health behaviors and academic outcomes have been associated with school-based health centers (SBHCs). However, underlying mechanisms for these associations have been largely unexamined, particularly among lower-income youth. The current study examines the relationship between SBHCs and school connectedness and whether…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Socioeconomic Status, High School Students, Student School Relationship
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Bersamin, Melina; Garbers, Samantha; Gaarde, Jenna; Santelli, John – Journal of School Nursing, 2016
This study examines the association between school-based health center (SBHC) presence and school-wide measures of academic achievement and college preparation efforts. Publicly available educational and demographic data from 810 California public high schools were linked to a list of schools with an SBHC. Propensity score matching, a method to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, School Health Services, Access to Health Care
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Bersamin, Melina; Paschall, Mallie J.; Fisher, Deborah A. – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: School-based health centers (SBHCs) have been associated with many positive health and academic outcomes. The current study extends previous research and examines possible differences in the association between SBHC exposure and adolescent alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use by race/ethnicity, sex, and socioeconomic status (SES).…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Correlation, Smoking, Drinking
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Bersamin, Melina; Fisher, Deborah A.; Marcell, Arik V.; Finan, Laura J. – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objective: The current study aimed to examine (1) gender differences in college students' knowledge of sexual and reproductive health care (K-SRHC) service access points, and (2) the relationship between demographic and psychosocial factors and college students' overall K-SRHC service access points. Methods and Participants: Self-report online…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Self Efficacy, Correlation, Family Planning