School Based-Health Centers and School Nurse Program
Keeping students healthy and ready to learn
- What is a School-Based Health Center?
- SBHC Services
- Benefits of a SBHC
- WHO ARE WE?
- Hours of Operation
- WHERE ARE WE LOCATED?
- School Nurse Program
- Resources
- News and Information
What is a School-Based Health Center?
WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE?
A school based Health Center (SBHC) provides convenient access to comprehensive, primary and preventative physical and mental health services for public school students at the school site. SBHCs keep students in school and parents at work.
WHY ON A SCHOOL CAMPUS?
Students spend a significant portion of their day on school grounds. SBHCs are accessible, convenient, encourage family and community involvement, reduce student absenteeism, reduce parental leave from work for doctor visits, and work with school personnel to meet the needs of the students and their families.
HISTORY
1991—Governor Buddy Roemer—Adolescent School Health Initiative, which authorized Office of Public Health to encourage the development of comprehensive school-based health centers in public schools.
SBHC Services
School-Based Health Center Services
General
Physical Health
Mental Health
Benefits of a SBHC
WHO ARE WE?
Hours of Operation
WHERE ARE WE LOCATED?
SBHC Locations
Breaux Bridge SBHC
Cecilia SBHC
St. Martinville SBHC
School Nurse Program
SCHOOL NURSE MISSION
School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success and life-long achievement and health of students. To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety including a healthy environment; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self -advocacy, and learning.
SCHOOL NURSES
Resources
PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO ACCESS THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES . THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
SMPSB Notice of Privacy Practices
ALL STUDENTS MUST ALSO HAVE A COMPLETED CONSENT FORM TO RECEIVE SERVICES WITH THE SMPSB SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS. PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO ACCESS THE STUDENT CONSENT PACKET.