25 Years of School-Based Health Centers

Article Abstract:

School-based health centers provide important services for many teenagers. Many not only provide help with physical problems but psychological and emotional problems as well. Studies have shown that these problems can affect school attendance and grades. The first school-based health centers were developed in the early 1970s and by 1998 there were 1,157 school-based health programs nationwide. About two-thirds are in urban schools, but the number in rural areas is increasing. Most are located in high schools but more elementary and middle schools are developing them. Most rely on private funding and local, state, and federal grants, but managed care organizations could contribute.

Analysis, Ambulatory care facilities, Clinics, Child health services, School-based child care

---

Report Documents Causes of Child Death

Article Abstract:

A report from the Public Health Policy Advisory Board (PHPAB) presents ideas for lowering the death rate in children. The PHPAB is an advisory board founded by former Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Louis W. Sullivan. The top three causes of death among children are accidental injuries, homicide, and suicide. Accidental deaths can occur from automobile accidents, accidents in the home, and drowning. Many of these deaths can be prevented. Many children grow up in one-parent families and poverty also places them at risk of death.

Reports, Patient outcomes, Mortality, Children, Interview, Sullivan, Louis W., Public health advisory groups

---

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Seat of the motions. Open the purses for student nurses. Listen to the voice of experience
• Abstracts: Reevaluation of the role of culdocentesis in the management of ectopic pregnancy. Defining the incidence of serious complications experienced by oocyte donors: a review of 1000 cases
• Abstracts: Effects of stimulus intensity and electrode placement on the efficacy and cognitive effects of electroconvulsive therapy
• Abstracts: Birthday buzz: your 20s, 30s & 40s. What I wish someone had told me about love. Make your bed & fly in it
• Abstracts: Evolving Trends and Treatment Advances in Pediatric Poisoning. Women's Health--Filling the Gaps

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.