North Carolina Student Community Health Alliance (NCSCHA)What are the benefits of having a School Health Center?
School Health Centers provide access to affordable, quality physical and mental health care. They provide early identification and treatment of disease and injury. Centers are linked to a decrease in health-related tardiness and school absences, decreased discipline problems and suspensions, and a reduction in school drop-out rates. They focus on prevention so that health problems and risky behaviors can be caught early or prevented altogether. Students are treated quickly and problems caught early so they spend more time in class.
What do they provide?
Services include:
- Acute care for minor illnesses and injuries
- Diagnosis and treatment of chronic illnesses, such as diabetes and asthma
- Medical exams and sports physicals
- Immunizations and prescriptions
- Mental Health counseling
- Health Education: nutrition and fitness
Mental Health counseling saves lives with:
- Crisis intervention
- Grief therapy
- Suicide prevention
- Peer pressure issues
- Dealing with “bullying”