Reimagining the Role of School-Based Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Autor: | Jareatha N Abdul-Raheem, Alice J. Liu, Megan E. Collins |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak Schools Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) SARS-CoV-2 Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health MEDLINE COVID-19 Mental health Education Disadvantaged 03 medical and health sciences Philosophy 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Family medicine Pandemic medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Psychology Routine care School-based health centers Delivery of Health Care Pandemics |
Zdroj: | The Journal of school health. 91(4) |
ISSN: | 1746-1561 |
Popis: | For the past decade, school‐based health centers (SBHCs) have become one important solution for increasing access to care for children from disadvantaged backgrounds in the United States 1, 2 This is especially critical given that children in underserved communities have higher rates of asthma, obesity, mental health disorders, and are less likely to receive routine care from community providers 1 With the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic and the resultant nationwide K‐12 school closures, SBHCs have had to adopt alternate strategies to continue providing care to school children in need, with some not having the capacity to remain open at all 3 |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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