School Health Services
School health services staff can help all students with preventive care such as flu shots and vision and hearing screening, as well as acute and emergency care. Qualified professionals such as school nurses, nurse practitioners, dentists, health educators, physicians, physician assistants, and allied health personnel provide these services.
For students with chronic health conditions, school nurses and other health care providers play a large role in the daily management of their conditions. School health services staff also are responsible for coordinating care by communicating with the student’s family and health care providers so that they can stay healthy and ready to learn.
Figure 1 shows how school health services uses various methods to support students.
- Chronic Health Conditions in School Settings ppt icon[PPT – 5 MB] pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
- CDC Podcast on School Health Services
- Research Brief: Addressing the Needs of Students with Chronic Health Conditions: Strategies for Schoolspdf icon [PDF – 269KB]
- Research Brief: Chronic Health Conditions and Academic Achievementpdf icon [PDF – 288KB]
- Fact Sheet: Health Insurance for Children: How Schools Can Helppdf icon [PDF – 1MB]
- Fact Sheet: Managing Chronic Health Conditions in Schools: The Role of the School Nursepdf icon [PDF – 650KB]
- Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Overviewpdf icon [PDF – 224 KB]
- “NASN Position Statement: The Complimentary Roles of the School Nurse and School Based Health Centers. 2015”external icon
- American Academy of Pediatrics, National Center for Medical Home Implementation: Care Coordination Resources (includes curriculum for school nurses), 2016 external icon
- Health Services Assessment Tool for Schools (HATS)
- School Health Profiles
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)