Ep. 77. School-Based Health Centers

Policy Outsider

The 252 school-based health centers (SBHCs) operating in New York State serve more than 250,000 students. These health centers provide a range of services on school premises, from primary to behavioral health care—and, in some cases, dental and vision care—and augment the health services children receive from traditional healthcare providers. On the latest episode of Policy Outsider, Senior Fellow for Health Policy Courtney Burke interviews Dr. Viju Jacob, a pediatric specialist in the Bronx who works for Urban Health Plan, which operates several SBHCs, and Ronda Kotelchuk, founder of the Primary Care Development Corporation and current chair of New York State Foundation for School-Based Health Centers, to learn more about SBHCs, the positive health and academic outcomes they support, and what is needed to maintain and expand the important services they offer to students.

Guests:

Courtney Burke, senior fellow for health policy, Rockefeller Institute of Government

Dr. Viju Jacob, pediatric specialist, Urban Health Plan

Ronda Kotelchuk, founder, Primary Care Development Corporation & Chair, New York School-Based Health Foundation

Learn More:

New York School-Based Health Foundation

New York School-Based Health Alliance

Acronyms:

H+H: Health and Hospitals

HRSA: Health Resources and Services Administration

FQHC: Federally Qualified Health Center

SBHC: School-Based Health Centers