School-Based Health Centers Support Good Health and Education!
Eight School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) – full-service health clinics located right on SDUSD school campuses – are providing services every day to promote student health and support academic success. SDUSD and the Nursing & Wellness Department have forged partnerships with community health providers including La Maestra Community Health Centers, Family Health Centers of San Diego, San Ysidro Health Center, and San Diego Family Care to establish clinics at four elementary schools, one middle school, and three high schools. In addition, three mobile medical units operated by Family Health Centers of San Diego provides services at multiple locations throughout the district.
SBHCs promote health and educational equity because they provide a source of health services for students who may have limited access to medical care. Services provided include well-child exams, sports physicals, immunizations, sick visits, Medi-Cal enrollment, (limited) dental services, integrated behavioral health, and case management service/referrals. The school nurses at the eight SBHC sites are a critical foundation of the school-clinic partnerships, collaborating and utilizing clinic services to manage chronic conditions such as asthma, link students to support services such as counseling, and promptly identify/treat acute illness to minimize school absence.
Research shows that SBHCs have a positive impact on attendance, dropout rates, disciplinary problems, and other academic outcomes. Students who have access to a SBHC are more likely to have yearly medical and dental check-ups, and less likely to go to the emergency room or be hospitalized, especially for conditions like asthma.
Healthy children make better students! For a complete list of the participating schools and their partnering SHBCs, go to www.sandiegounified.org/school-based-health-centers. For more information about the services and schedules of the mobile medical units, call the Nursing & Wellness Department at (619) 725-5501 or contact your local school nurse.
Eight School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) – full-service health clinics located right on SDUSD school campuses – are providing services every day to promote student health and support academic success. SDUSD and the Nursing & Wellness Department have forged partnerships with community health providers including La Maestra Community Health Centers, Family Health Centers of San Diego, San Ysidro Health Center, and San Diego Family Care to establish clinics at four elementary schools, one middle school, and three high schools. In addition, three mobile medical units operated by Family Health Centers of San Diego provides services at multiple locations throughout the district.
SBHCs promote health and educational equity because they provide a source of health services for students who may have limited access to medical care. Services provided include well-child exams, sports physicals, immunizations, sick visits, Medi-Cal enrollment, (limited) dental services, integrated behavioral health, and case management service/referrals. The school nurses at the eight SBHC sites are a critical foundation of the school-clinic partnerships, collaborating and utilizing clinic services to manage chronic conditions such as asthma, link students to support services such as counseling, and promptly identify/treat acute illness to minimize school absence.
Research shows that SBHCs have a positive impact on attendance, dropout rates, disciplinary problems, and other academic outcomes. Students who have access to a SBHC are more likely to have yearly medical and dental check-ups, and less likely to go to the emergency room or be hospitalized, especially for conditions like asthma.
Healthy children make better students! For a complete list of the participating schools and their partnering SHBCs, go to www.sandiegounified.org/school-based-health-centers. For more information about the services and schedules of the mobile medical units, call the Nursing & Wellness Department at (619) 725-5501 or contact your local school nurse.
