Samira Soleimanpour
University of California-San Francisco, CA·Public Health & Epidemiology
School-based health centers (SBHCs) offer primary care, mental health care and other services in or near schools. They often serve young people who would otherwise struggle to see a doctor.
- Fields
Public Health & Epidemiology
Medicine & Clinical Research
Social Science
- Topics
school-based health centers
adolescent health
youth health
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Nov 2028
What they work on
- Survey a nationally representative sample of school-based health centers on staffing models and care delivery practices, and create a standard classification system for SBHC research and design.
- Use qualitative research to identify care coordination, screening, referral and school health system integration practices that help or hinder equitable care for youth facing disparities.
- Analyze national data on schools with and without school-based health centers to test whether SBHC access and specific service models are linked to smaller racial and ethnic gaps in graduation, absenteeism and discipline.
More about the research
Research shows these centers improve access to care, but little is known about which staffing setups and care practices work best. That gap matters as SBHCs expand and change quickly, and as attention to unequal access grows.
Why it matters
Schools, health departments and funders deciding how to set up or support school-based health centers have little evidence on which models work best. By identifying practices linked to smaller health and academic gaps, this work could guide SBHC policy, funding and program decisions and help these centers better serve historically marginalized youth.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
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