Posted on August 15, 2023 The School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA) is pleased to announce that 20 organizations have been awarded one-time funding to provide coordinated, culturally sensitive, and developmentally appropriate health care services at more than 90 new or expanded… Read More »Funding awarded for more than 90 new or expanded school-based health centers across Connecticut
Lessons Learned In School-Based Health Center Adolescent Relationship Abuse Prevention This webinar, co-hosted by Health Partners on IPV and Exploitation and the School-Based Health Alliance, will feature a panel of school-based health center (SBHC) providers who will share their experiences promoting healthy relationships with… Read More »Lessons Learned In School-Based Health Center Adolescent Relationship Abuse Prevention
The School-Based Health Alliance is honored to welcome four new Youth Advisory Council members for the 2023-24 term. They are strong advocates of school-based health care in their communities and inspire their peers to join them in the fight to improve health… Read More »Welcome to our new Youth Advisory Council members!
Getting candid the importance of trust in youth substance prevention Date: July 2023 https://youtu.be/B0Vafqf5bCE
Overview The School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA) is pleased to offer a new learning collaborative for school-based health centers (SBHCs) that want to increase well-child visits and vaccinations among school-aged youth. This activity is supported through an independent educational grant from… Read More »Increasing Immunizations Through Well-Child Visits: School-Based Health Center Learning Collaborative Opportunity
This initiative pairs the evidence-based model of SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) with the unique school-clinic environment of SBHCs. The SBIRT model delivers evidence-based adolescent substance use prevention while also addressing related issues such as lack of… Read More »Substance Use Prevention
The goal of the Adolescent HIV Prevention ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is to reduce Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) acquisition risk for adolescents. The initiative focuses on those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual,… Read More »Adolescent HIV Prevention ECHO
With funding from the Office of Population Affairs, SBHA supports Child Trends in the Innovations in Family Planning Clinical Service Delivery for Hard to Reach School-Based Populations project. SBHA works with Child Trends to identify, evaluate, and disseminate successful strategies that… Read More »Innovations in Family Planning Clinical Service Delivery for Hard to Reach School-Based Populations
The PlaySMART Videogame Project harnesses the power of play and videogame technology to prevent opioid misuse and promote mental wellbeing in youth. SBHA partnered with the play2PREVENT Lab at the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games to develop, evaluate and implement PlaySmart. PlaySMART… Read More »PlaySMART Videogame Project
Hallways to Health (H2H) empowers school-based health care leaders for policy change in healthy living. The School-Based Health Alliance provides a Learning Collaborative for training and assistance in expanding services to address community needs. Launched in 2013 with support from… Read More »Hallways to Health National Initiative