Impact of School-Based Health Center Use on Academic Outcomes

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-257

  Walker, Sarah Cusworth ^a   Kerns, Suzanne E U ^a   Lyon, Aaron R ^a   Bruns, Eric J ^a   Cosgrove, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic; Attendance; Discipline; GPA; High risk; Longitudinal; Medical; Mental health; Propensity score; School Based Health Center (SBHC); Youth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 76349101427     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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