Back to school: a health care strategy for youth
Abstract
School-based health centers (SBHCs) are a policy innovation designed to increase health care access among youth. The centers offer primary and acute care, often to underserved populations. We describe SBHCs, trace their history, and analyze the three great political challenges they face: moral opposition triggered by concern about reproductive health services in schools; funding in a managed care era; and partisan state politics. We show how the centers have been meeting these challenges. Finally, we consider the prospect of this innovation going to scale across the nation.
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The review found no evidence regarding the concern that SBHCs undermine parental authority over medical decisions for their children.
“Finally, the review found no evidence regarding the concern that SBHCs undermine parental authority over medical decisions for their children.111”
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- Authors
- Morone, J. A., Kilbreth, E. H., & Langwell, K. M.
- Affiliations
- Brown University (US)
- ORCID
- Morone, James A.
- Venue
- Health Affairs
- Publisher
- Health Affairs Publishing, LLC
- Published
- 2001-01
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 122-136
- ISSN
- 0278-2715 (ISSN-L)
- 1544-5208
- OpenAlex
- W2103420872
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 8.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Health Affairs (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › School Health and Nursing Education
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Child and Adolescent Health
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Healthcare Policy and Management
- Keywords
- school-based health centers, underserved populations, reproductive health services, state politics, health policy innovation
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Community Health Centers, Comprehensive Health Care, Humans, Organizational Innovation, Politics, School Health Services, State Government, United States, Violence, Adolescent Health Services, Third-Party Consent
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