Date of Publication
Winter 1-23-2019
Abstract
Most K-12 students will miss at least one day of school each year due to illness or injury; in 2010, six percent missed 11 days or more. School Based Health Clinics, SBHC, are provider-based health clinics located in schools, supplementing routine nursing care and complementing the role of a pediatrician while the child is in school.
SBHCs aim to:
• Reduce the amount of school that students miss
• Provide quick and convenient care for a variety of routine and acute medical concerns
Our objective was to:
• Investigate community awareness and utilization of the SBHCs in the Burlington School District
• Providing insight regarding how to increase engagement of students and parents with the SBHC’s and thereby reduce avoidable class absenteeism.
Advisor(s)
Matthew Saia
UVM Larner College of Medicine
Rebecca McCray
Burlington School District
Barbara Frankowski
UVM Larner College of Medicine
Agency
Burlington School District
Subjects
Access to Health Services, Adolescent Health, Educational and Community-Based Programs
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License
Recommended Citation
French, Sarah; Nathan, Cinduja; Palanza, Kenneth; Searles, Sienna; Sherman, Sarah; Taylor, Joshua; Weber, Michael; McCray, Rebecca; Saia, Matthew; and Frankowski, Barbara, "Community Awareness and Utilization of School Based Health Centers in Burlington, Vermont" (2019). Public Health Projects, 2008-present. 282.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/comphp_gallery/282