PEDIATRICS Vol. 65 No. 3 March 1980, pp. 585-591
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Factors Influencing Access to Primary Health Care via School Health Services

Philip R. Nader MD1, Susan Gilman MS1, and David E. Bee PhD1

1 Departments of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine and Community Health, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston

The school health and community primary health care contacts were studied for a group of elementary school children who have sociodemographic characteristics often associated with poor access to primary health services. The school system is engaged in a demonstration project that attempts to link the home with community and school services. Visits to the school health room accounted for 85% of all contacts. A visit rate of 1.13 visits/child/year occurred at primary care sites. Ethnicity is the single most important predictor of use of school health services, followed by family status and number of visits for primary health care in the community. In contrast, use of community primary care facilities is best predicted by socioeconomic status (SES), family status, and sex. The patterns of care received by the population were characterized. Children whose care was initiated, referred, or facilitated by the school were designated as receiving "interactive" care, which occurred mostly among minority and lower SES children. The data suggest that the school provides access to preventive health care for all children and facilitates care for segments of the population that usually have difficulty achieving access to the health care system.

Submitted on March 2, 1979
Accepted on June 13, 1979




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