Information and Data on School-Based Health Centers
- Overview of School Health Centers. Covers FAQs about school health centers.
- About School Health Centers Brochure. Presents stories illustrating how SBHCs help students and their families. Four-page color brochure.
- Cost Savings. Describes the cost effectiveness of SBHCs.
- Helping Close the Achievement Gap. Describes how SBHCs impact student learning.
- Different Setting, Different Care: Integrating Prevention and Clinical Care in SBHCs. Highlights how California SBHCs integrate clinical care with public health interventions and environmental change strategies. Article in the American Journal of Public Health authored by CSHC staff and colleagues.
- Expanding Mental Health. Describes how SBHCs can deliver comprehensive mental health and student support programs in schools.
- Preventing Childhood Obesity: Summarizes research on effective school-based Interventions
- Nutrition and Physical Activity Model Program. Provides guidance on the essential components of effective school-based nutrition and physical activity programs; and provides examples of successful programs run by California SBHCs.
- Connecting to Health Insurance and Care: Model Program. Describes how SBHCs are well-positioned to help increase enrollment in health coverage programs and promote the appropriate use of the health care system.
- School Health Centers by County (map). Provides a map showing the number of SBHCs in each California county.
- Contact an SBHC. Provides a list of California’s school health centers with contact information.
CSHC Policy Statements
- Reproductive Health Education and Services at School Health Centers. This statement was approved by CSHC’s Board of Directors in January 2009 and provides a rationale and recommendations for providing reproductive health education and services.
