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General Information:

The Adolescent Health and Wellness Program uses the public health approach by addressing risk factors increasing the likelihood of adverse health outcomes in youth. To improve health outcomes the program focuses on increasing the number of adolescents who are (1) adequately insured, (2) obtaining yearly preventive medical visits, and (3) receiving services to transition into adult health care systems. Health outcomes are anticipated to improve when youth are adequately insured, receive yearly wellness visits, and possess health literacy.

School-Based Health Centers

This program is part of the Bureau of Child, Family and Community Wellness which supports communities in promoting the health and well-being of the school-age population through evidence-based best practices within a public health framework. SBHCs provide on-school site health care delivery by an interdisciplinary team of health professionals, which can include primary care and mental health clinicians. Research has demonstrated the SBHCs’ impacts on delivering preventive care, such as immunizations; managing chronic illnesses, (e.g., asthma, obesity, and mental health conditions); providing reproductive health services for adolescents; and even improving youths’ academic performance.

 
SBHCs can select to be certified, however, clinics choosing not to participate in certification are free to operate in Nevada. The goals of certification are to: increase emphasis on best practices, reduce site-to-site variability, advance the ability to study clinical outcomes, and increase the potential for insurance reimbursement. Certified SBHCs are eligible to receive Medicaid reimbursements from the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy in a special category as a Provider Type 17, Specialty 179 for billing. Click on this link to access the forms necessary to process the certification application: [Go to the right side of this page and under Resources, click on Forms to access the SBHC Certification Application Forms].