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Our Vision-Pennsylvania’s children will have quality, integrated school health services that improve health status, optimize academic achievement, and enhance well-being.
The mission of the PA Coalition for SBHC is to promote the health and academic success of children and youth by increasing access to high quality health care and support services provided through school-based care, including school-based and school-linked health centers. We pursue this mission by advocating for public policies that promote school-based health care; building support among policymakers, providers, school nurses, community leaders, parents and students; and providing technical support and networking opportunities for individuals working for school-based health care.
School-based health care and school-based health centers are the premier care models for children in schools. School nurses, school nurse practitioners, physicians, dentists, social workers, and psychologists are all involved in the comprehensive services offered to children through schools throughout the country. In Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Coalition for School Based Health Care, headed by Dr. Denise Seigart at Mansfield University, promotes the establishment and expansion of school-based health care services for children. Dr. Seigart has completed extensive research on various models for school-based health care, including on an international level. Individuals interested in learning more about school-based health care can contact her @ dseigart@mansfield.edu or visit the web site for the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
You can also read more at Dr. Seigart’s blog
School-Based or School-Linked Health Centers in Pennsylvania
Sacred Heart Hospital has School Based Health Centers in seven of the Allentown School District Schools- Dodd, Jefferson, Mosser, Roosevelt and Sheridan Elementary Schools and Harrison Morton and South Mountain Middle Schools. We are staffed with Certified Nurse Practitioners who provide immunizations, Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Physicals, hemoglobin testing, daycare and routine physicals, sick care, chronic disease management, and referrals for special medical and dental care. We provide care for children from Kindergarten through middle school age as well as siblings of students enrolled in one of our seven school based health centers. We are open school hours Monday thru Friday and evening, weekend,holiday and summer coverage is provided by Sacred Heart Hospital. All services are confidential. Information will not be released without written consent of a parent or guardian. We accept Aetna US Healthcare, Keystone, CHIP, ACCESS, Mercy Health, Gateway, Unison, and other private health insurance plans. Enrollment forms can be obtained at each of our seven school based health centers.
Coming soon-watch a video about Sacred Heart SBHCs!
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View the lobbying efforts of students in Oregon-they have many more SBHCs than we have here in PA!
Lancaster General Hospital has the clinic at Fulton and at Carter & MacRae. Mary Steffy and Alice Yoder are the nurses from LGH in charge of the clinics.
They are also in the process of getting approval from the school board to start another clinic at Washington Elementary in the fall.
Other School Based Health Centers in PA: