We are excited to announce the names of the school-based health programs that will be participating in our School-Based Health Center Food Access Learning Network with Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry! These school-based health centers (SBHCs) will be implementing integrated food access interventions… Read More »No Kid Hungry Learning Network 2022 Awardees
We are excited to share with you the results of the 2021 National Survey of School-Based Health Centers. Thank you to the school-based health care professionals who generously participated in this survey in addition to facing the demands of an… Read More »2020-21 National Survey of School-Based Health Centers: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
December 17, 2021 For Immediate Release SBHA Announces New Capabilities to Children’s Health and Education Mapping Tool Updates will Facilitate Connections between Schools, Community Health Centers to Provide Needed Health Services in Schools December 17, 2021—Washington, DC— The School-Based Health… Read More »SBHA Announces New Capabilities to Children’s Health and Education Mapping Tool
SBHA recently released a new Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) toolkit! This step-by-step guide for school-based health centers (SBHCs) uses an innovative, evidence-based approach to tackling drug and alcohol use with adolescents. Core components that differentiate the SBIRT… Read More »SBHA Releases Adolescent Substance Use Prevention Toolkit for SBHCs
Healthier Generation and Kaiser Permanente Thriving Schools launched the Thriving Schools Integrated Assessment (TSIA) last week. Many of you contributed to the work as early through partners through to the launch, making this resource infinitely better. Thank you for your partnership! Schools… Read More »Thriving Schools Integrated Assessment Launch
New Section: Special Consideration: Engaging Families as PartnersHOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT THESE PROMISING PRACTICES ARE BROUGHT TO THE HOME? Check out the latest in Addressing Diabetes Factors in Elementary School-Aged Children Through School and Community Partnerships, created in collaboration… Read More »Updated: Resource to Address Diabetes in Elementary School-Aged Children
All young people deserve to thrive. Adolescent relationship abuse, defined as a pattern of controlling behaviors used to gain power in an intimate relationship, can negatively impact adolescents’ physical and mental wellbeing. To develop and maintain healthy relationships, adolescents need… Read More »Healthy Starts, Healthy Hearts: Understanding and Addressing Adolescent Relationship Abuse
In celebration of National School Nurse Day and National Nurses Month, the School-Based Health Alliance and the National Association of School Nurses are releasing the following statement: “School Nursing & School-Based Centers Working Together for Student Success.” A big shout out… Read More »Joint Statement on National School Nurse Day and National Nurses Month
These are perilous times. I pray that you are all well and safe. As a Black man in America, with Black children (one a son), no one needs to tell me how to feel right now. I took this job… Read More »These are Perilous Times
The Honest Truth Behind E-Cigarettes: A Teen’s Perspective By Brooklyn Waller, Youth Advisory Council member Brooklyn Waller is a high school senior in Arkansas. She advocates for those without access to health care and for students to take advantage of their local school-based health… Read More »The Honest Truth Behind E-Cigarettes: A Teen’s Perspective