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School-Based Health Centers

A common question we receive is: What is a school-based health center?

Good question!

In New Mexico we have more than 80 school-based health centers, which provide quality health services where the students are — in school. These centers are an important safety net in New Mexico, providing easily accessible health care when, in many cases, the closest clinic or hospital is miles away.

Below we provide several other ways of understanding what a SBHC does.

The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care description of a SBHC

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation describes the importance of SBHCs

1. With parents’ permission, the centers provide basic, quality health care services such as: immunizations, asthma and diabetes management, nutrition advice, and mental health services, such as grief therapy, help with peer pressure and bullying, and suicide prevention.
2. SBHCs make sure students who don’t get medical treatment anywhere else can get it at school.
3. SBHCs give students medical attention when they need it, catching problems like asthma and diabetes now, preventing bigger problems later.
4. Most importantly, the centers keep students healthy and in class so they can learn what they need to know to succeed in life.

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