Key Findings
Key Findings About Our Health Centers
Since 1998, Alameda County Health Care Services Agency has partnered with a team from the University of California, San Francisco’s Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the county’s school health centers. The evaluation aims to document:
- the demographic profile of school health center clients;
- what services clients receive;
- whether the frequency, dosage or type of service received affects client health outcomes; and
- whether the provision of school-based health services leads to improved health access, health status and health behaviors, increased resilience/protective factors, decreased risk behaviors, and improved educational outcomes.
Evaluation data is collected through electronic health records and surveys with school health center clients and the school population.
Client Feedback
In 2023-24, nearly all clients agreed that SBHCs have helped them feel like they have an adult at school that cares about them (94%), want to do better in schools (94%), and have goals and plans for the future (93%). Clients also said their SBHCs are a place they would tell a friend to go if they needed help (96%) and helped them deal with anxiety/stress better (93%).
Please click here to see the infographic produced by the evaluation team.
It's a good place to look for help and if you need something you can always come here and feel safe and not judged
2023-24 Client Survey Respondent