title: Connecting teens to caring adults in a school-based health center: a case study.
abstract: The traditional medical care system is generally unable to provide the broad health and wellness services needed by many adolescents, especially those from low-income and racial/ethnic minority communities. Using a theoretical framework adapted from Bronfenbrenner's ecological model of multiple influencers, this case study examined how a school-based health center was able to provide a network of connections for adolescents to caring adults within the school and the local community. Contributors to this network were the creation of a student-centered community with access to adolescent-friendly services, providers acting as connectors, and care of the whole adolescent.
authors.affiliation: a University of Missouri-Kansas City , Kansas City , Missouri.
authors.forename: Beth A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Blacksin
authors.forename: Patricia J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000328:Adult; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D040361:Healthy People Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States