title: Providing medical services through school-based health programs. Council on Scientific Affairs.
abstract: Resolution 162, which was adopted at the 1987 Annual Meeting by the Board of Trustees, called on the American Medical Association to study the efficacy of school-based health clinics. Recent data show that a significant number of school-aged youth are in need of an adequate source of health care. School-based health programs constitute a promising avenue for providing health services to adolescents, particularly in medically underserved areas. Although there are insufficient data to support universal establishment of school-based health programs, small-scale studies suggest that such programs are a viable means to increase access to health care for youth.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000574:American Medical Association; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012572:School Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States