Mary Kay Irwin, Bode Sara, Skinner Daniel
School Health Services, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
J Sch Health. 2025 Feb;95(2):212-214. doi: 10.1111/josh.13543. Epub 2025 Jan 13.
To health professionals working in American school-based health centers, the benefits of school-based health programs are obvious. The philosophical warrant for this work has been reasserted for over 70 years. And yet, the divisiveness of health and health care in the U.S. has led to questions and even concerns about the appropriateness of co-locating healthcare services in schools.
We address three common misconceptions to provide an accurate depiction of the work school-based health centers do. The misconceptions we address are: 1. that education and health care should be separate; 2. that parents and guardians alone are responsible for their children's health; and 3. that school-based health centers cut out parents and guardians from involvement in their children's health.
IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL HEALTH POLICY, PRACTICE, AND EQUITY: Misconceptions about school-based health centers undermine the important work being done in these centers, including the pursuit of improved child health outcomes. Clarifying these misconceptions is of the utmost importance.
It is important to understand and actively address common misconceptions about school-based health centers. Doing so can help leverage the opportunities these centers and programs present.
对于在美国校内健康中心工作的卫生专业人员而言，校内健康项目的益处显而易见。这项工作的理论依据已被重申了70多年。然而，美国卫生与医疗保健领域的分歧引发了关于在学校提供医疗保健服务是否合适的质疑甚至担忧。
我们针对三个常见的误解进行阐述，以准确描述校内健康中心的工作。我们所探讨的误解包括：1. 教育与医疗保健应分开；2. 只有家长和监护人对其子女的健康负责；3. 校内健康中心将家长和监护人排除在子女健康事务之外。
对学校健康政策、实践及公平性的启示：对校内健康中心的误解破坏了这些中心正在开展的重要工作，包括追求改善儿童健康状况。澄清这些误解至关重要。
理解并积极应对关于校内健康中心的常见误解很重要。这样做有助于利用这些中心和项目带来的机遇。
