Primary Care



Providing preventive, acute, and chronic health care is essential as children and adolescents progress through the developmental stages. Providers of these primary care services form sustained relationships with their patients and families and become invested in their growth. However, some children cannot access primary care because they lack health insurance, do not have reliable transportation to appointments, few providers serve their communities, or the care that does exist is not culturally competent. Primary care in schools eliminates these barriers and allows all children to receive the health care they need to thrive and succeed. It also reduces inappropriate emergency department use and hospitalizations. Primary care is essential to evaluate and manage physical, behavioral, social, and environmental factors that affect children’s health.
School-based health centers follow the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Bright Futures guidelines to support parents and healthcare providers with a whole-child approach to addressing child and adolescent development. This connection allows families to improve their child’s overall health while positively influencing their well-being through adulthood.
SBHCs conveniently offer a range of services, including many of those listed below, on school campuses so that children and adolescents can get back to class quickly and continue learning:
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Together, our consulting team brings decades of combined experience in planning, implementing, operating, evaluating, and improving community-provided school-based health care, including SBHCs. Learn more about consulting services here.