Advancing school-based health care policy and practice.

摘要

As debate rages about the strengths and weaknesses of the national health care network and the attendant legislative interventions designed to provide health care for millions of uninsured and underinsured Americans, there are unsung heroes of preventative and medical care for children and youth: school-based health care centers (SBHCs). There are approximately 1900 SBHCs throughout the country; forty-one (41%) of which are located in Title I schools, a designation given to schools with high numbers of economically disadvan-taged and otherwise at-risk students.