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San Jose Unified School District: Putting Health Care Back Into Schools

San Jose Unified School District: Putting Health Care Back Into Schools. Demonstration Project funded by Lucile Packard Children ’ s Hospital and Lucile Packard Foundation for Children ’ s Health. “ Putting Healthcare Back Into Schools ”.

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San Jose Unified School District: Putting Health Care Back Into Schools

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  1. San Jose Unified School District:Putting Health Care Back Into Schools Demonstration Project funded by Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health

  2. “Putting Healthcare Back Into Schools” • 5-(6)year demonstration project that placed full time School Nurses at 4 schools and formally linked these School Nurses to a local school health clinic. • Full time Credentialed School Nurse at 2 elementary and 2 middle schools. • .9 FTE NP from School Health Clinic • Grant evaluator from Stanford University • Start: 8/2007 End: 6/2013 2

  3. Project Partners Sponsors • Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford • Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Partners • San Jose Unified School District (SJUSD) • School Health Clinics of Santa Clara County (SHCSCC) • Stanford University Department of Pediatrics, and Center for Family and Community Medicine

  4. SJUSD Demographics District Grant Schools 4 Project Schools: 82% Hispanic/Latino 45% English Language Learners 82% Free/Reduced Lunch All Demonstration Schools are located in the vicinity of downtown San Jose. All are close to a School Health Clinic. 2 of 4 are within walking distance to the clinic. • Urban/Suburban • 32,000 Students • K-12 • 40 Schools • 27 elementary • 6 middles • 7 high Schools

  5. Foundational Belief A Student’s Health Must Never Define the Boundaries of Their Success

  6. Goals of the Project

  7. Key Findings: What Happens When Schools Have Full Time Credentialed School Nurses Linked to Community Health Resources?

  8. Key Finding: Improved Access to Health Care: Fewer Uninsured Students

  9. Key Finding: Students are More Likely to Visit an Appropriate Health Care Provider after Medical Referral from the School Nurse

  10. Key Finding: Fewer Days Absent Due to Illness

  11. Cost Savings • Reduction in absenteeism due to illness in the 4 demonstration schools equated to a savings of $48,518.62 in ADA funding during the first 2 years of the project. • Cost of parental sick wages: Estimated difference of $70,790 in parental sick wages gained from 2006-07 and 2008-09 due to fewer student absences due to illness.

  12. Key Finding: Elimination of Existing Chronic Health Condition “Opportunity Gap” on CST ELA

  13. Key Finding: Fewer ER Visits for Asthma

  14. Cost Savings

  15. Additional benefits

  16. Challenges

  17. Contact Information • Melinda Landau • mlandau@sjusd.org • “Putting Health Care Back into Schools” webpage http://med.stanford.edu/schoolhealtheval/nurse_demo_project/index.html • Thank You • Additional Questions?

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