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; D000367:Age Factors; D000574:American Medical Association; D002648:Child; D003219:Confidentiality; D003267:Contraception; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008489:Medical Indigency; D012572:School Health Services; D014481:United States