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S. has moved to the forefront of the emerging policy conversation about effective, school-based strategies to support students.  \nAlthough some new and unique challenges regarding the physical and mental health of school-aged children can be directly attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers and educators have long grappled with finding, funding, and implementing effective strategies to support the physical and mental health of school-aged children as means to promote their learning, growth, and development.  \nProviding care for students’ mental and physical health in a school-based setting offers the potential to meet students where they are and provide them with access to services that support their learning, growth, and development.  \nThese services (henceforth,“school-based healthcare”) can include primary care, mental health care, and urgent care, all of which can help students and their families manage and address both chronic health conditions and acute health needs. School-based healthcare reaches students where they are so that students can remain in school or return to school (when well) more quickly. School-based healthcare also offers the potential to ameliorate gaps in healthcare access that exist both within and across communities and to reach populations and places that are historically underserved.  \nEven prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting students’physical and mental health was an active area for state legislation. In 2018, more than 40 bills covering diverse areas such as health services, mental and behavioral health, nutrition, school-based services and health professionals, and  \n2  \nA U G U S T 2 0 2 2  \nSchool-Based Healthcare Can Address Children’s Unmet Health Needs:  \nModels, Evidence, and Policies  \nsuicide prevention were introduced across U.S. states and the District of Columbia (D. C.) .1 Some specific areas of school-aged children’s health and health-related programming addressed by these bills included vision screening, in-school diabetes management, standards for schoolbased health centers, and the administration of asthma medications in school.2  \nThis brief describes the state of school-aged children’s health and healthcare access in the U.S. and then summarizes research on the  \nlink between children’s health and educational performance and on the effects of school-based healthcare. The brief concludes by presenting examples and models of school-based healthcare along with summaries of the existing evidence on their effectiveness and by discussing funding considerations.  \nBACKGROUND: HEALTH STATUS AND HEALTHCARE ACCESS AMONG SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES  \nIn the United States, the number of children living with a diagnosed chronic physical or mental health condition has increased dramatically over the past thirty years.3 Although some of this increase has been driven by improved detection and diagnosis of health conditions during childhood, there have been large increases in the number of children diagnosed with asthma, Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD), obesity, and diabetes, among others. Recent estimates from the 2019 National Survey of Children’s Health indicate that 46.7 percent of children have a health condition that “consistently [or] often greatly affect[s] their daily activities” and that 19.0 percent of children have a special healthcare need.4 Data from the same survey indicate that 22.1 percent of children have a mental, emotional, dev","cbCainl0b6xfJ46z","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainl0b6xfJ46z","pdf",10942811,11,"English","# Introduction\n# Background: Health Status and Healthcare Access Among School-Age Children in the United States\n# The Link Between Children’s Health and Educational Performance","[{\"question\":\"What does the brief mean by “school-based healthcare” for students?\",\"answer\":\"It refers to care delivered in schools, such as primary care, mental health care, and urgent care. 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