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School‐Based Care: Clinical Challenges and Research Opportunities
Author(s) -
Walker Patricia Hinton,
Bowllan Nancy,
Chevalier Nancy,
Gullo Sharon,
Lawrence Lorraine
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal for specialists in pediatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1744-6155
pISSN - 1539-0136
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6155.1996.tb00003.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , ninth , intervention (counseling) , nursing , ethnic group , scale (ratio) , clinical practice , medical education , medicine , primary care , health care , psychology , family medicine , political science , physics , quantum mechanics , psychiatry , acoustics , law
purpose . To explore clinical challenges and research opportunities in one school‐based clinic in a faculty practice model of health care delivery client population . Ninth‐through twelfth‐graders at an Eastern urban high school, 80% of the students are from ethnic minorities conclusions . Clinical, administrative, and research challenges need to be addressed on a larger scale through practice‐based research networks across the country in order to have an impact on policy practice implications . School‐based care required integration of primary care and management of psychosocial and developmental needs. Practice in this setting includes primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention as intervention.