Twenty Years Of School-Based Health Care Growth And Expansion

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ID7208817
AutoresHayley Love (0000-0002-4420-0739, autor de correspondencia), Hayley E Love (Hayley E. Love () is director of research and evaluation at the School-Based Health Alliance, in Washington, D.C.), John Schlitt (0000-0003-1627-1019, John Schlitt is president of the School-Based Health Alliance.), Samira Soleimanpour (0000-0002-0436-4173, Samira Soleimanpour is a senior researcher at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco.), Nirmita Panchal (Nirmita Panchal is a research and evaluation manager at the School-Based Health Alliance.), Caroline Behr (Caroline Behr is a census intern at the School-Based Health Alliance.)
Año2019
Volumen38
Número5
Páginas755-764
Fecha de publicación2019-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHealth Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0278-2715 • E-ISSN: 2694-233X
EditorialProject HOPE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05472
PMID31059359
OpenAlexW2943332771
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas47
Referencias citadas13

Youth in underserved communities lack access to consistent sources of high-quality health care. School-based health centers (SBHCs) address this challenge through the provision of primary care, mental health care, and other health services in schools. This article describes the current status of SBHCs nationally, including changes over the past twenty years. Data were collected through the School-Based Health Alliance's National School-Based Health Care Census. The number of SBHCs doubled from 1,135 in 1998-99 to 2,584 in 2016-17. During this time they adapted to the changing health care landscape and community needs. Sponsorship shifted predominantly to federally qualified health centers, and SBHCs provided access to primary care and, often, to mental, oral, and other health services to 10,629 schools and over 6.3 million students. SBHCs have grown steadily since 1998, and recent expansion through federally qualified health centers and telehealth technology forecasts even greater growth, innovation, and access for underserved communities

Alliance · Business · Census · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Mental health · Political science · Population · Primary care · Telehealth · Telemedicine · Child and Adolescent Health · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Nursing · School Health and Nursing Education