School-Based Health Centers Resources

There are many resources available to assist with school-based health center development and technical support.  The resources on this page have been divided into the following categories and are listed alphabetically by topic: 

Costs and funding

• School-Based Health Centers: An Overview of Costs and Resources Needed for Startup and Sustainability.Source: State of Oregon, Public Health Division, Adolescent Health Section, School-Based Health Center Program
  
• Opening a School-Based Health Center - A How-To Guide for New Mexico SBHC CoordinatorsChapter 4 – SBHC Funding – Page 41.

School-based health centers: How are they financed?  The following links provide results from national surveys describing the number of school-based health centers, where they are located, types of services offered, and how they are financed.

• The National Census on School-Based Health Centers
• 2002 State Survey of School-Based Health Center Initiatives

Guidebooks

• Mental Health and School-Based Health Centers - A Guidebook by the Center for Mental Health at UCLA
• Opening a School-Based Health Center - A How-To Guide for New Mexico SBHC Coordinators

Organizations

• The Texas Association of School-Based Health Centers
• National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
• Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
• Center for School Mental Health - University of Maryland School of Medicine
• Center for Mental Health in Schools - UCLA
• Coalition for Community Schools

• Community Schools and School-based Health Centers Webinar

Research

• School-Based Health Centers: A Select Bibliography
• Top 25 Articles on School-Based Health Center Practice

Tools

• Implementation tools. This list of implementation tools developed by the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools contains a sample of needs assessment tools, patient satisfaction surveys, recommended supply of medications and equipment.
  
• Fact sheets produced by NASBHC.  Fact sheets developed on the following topics related to school-based health centers: Benefits, cost savings, mental health, childhood obesity, Medicaid and SCHIP, and increased access.  After accessing the site, scroll down to the SBHC Fact Sheets.
  
• School-based Dental Health: Clinical Operations and Management Many school-based health centers include full dental services.  Dr. Murray Rosenthal with support from the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools developed a step by step toolkit for establishing a dental program within school-based health centers.  
  

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