Includes bibliographical references and index.

School-based health centers. Preface / Judith Scully ; Diana Hackbarth -- History and overview of school-based health centers in the US / Elaine M. Gustafson -- School of nursing sponsorship of a school-based health center: challenges and barriers / Judith Scully ; Diana Hackbarth -- Funding, technical assistance, and other resources for school-based health centers / Deidre M. Washington ; Laura C. Brey -- Cultural aspects of working with students enrolled in a school-based health center / Susan M. Murray -- Beyond the physical examination: the nurse practitioner's role in adolescent risk reduction and resiliency building in a school-based health center / Teresa K. Davis -- Childhood obesity: a school-based approach to increase nutritional knowledge and activity levels / Beth Edwards -- The impact of violence on adolescents in schools: a case study on the role of school-based health centers / Henry J. Perkins ; Carolyn R. Montford -- STI-HIV prevention: a model program in a school-based health center / Linda Gilliland ; Judith Scully -- Collaborating with key school partners: triumphs and challenges / Valerie Webb ; Brenda Bannor -- Interdisciplinary teamwork in a school-based health center / Teresa K. Davis ; Carolyn R. Montford ; Carolyn Read -- Evaluation of school-based health center programs and services: the whys and hows of demonstrating program effectiveness / Diana Hackbarth ; Gail B. Gall -- Nurse-managed health centers. preface / Barbara Rideout -- The nurse-managed health center safety net: a policy solution to reducing health disparities / Tine Hansen-Turton -- Sustaining nurse-managed practice / Linda Campbell -- Practice-based research networks: nursing centers and communities working collaboratively to reduce health disparities / Laura Anderko ; Claudia Bartz ; Sally Lundeen -- Ethical considerations for nurse-managed health care centers / Susan M. Beidler -- The collaboration of public health nursing and primary care nursing in the development of a nurse managed health center / Anne Ferrari ; Barbara Rideout -- Integrated primary and mental health care: evaluating a nurse-managed center for clients with serious and persistent mental illness / Judith McDevitt ; Susan Braun ; Margaret Noyes ; Marsha Snyder ; Lucy Marion -- A health care program for homeless children using healthy people 2010 objectives / Yvonne Yousey ; Michelle Carr - "My nurse taught me how to have a healthy baby and be a good mother:" nurse home visiting with pregnant women 1888-2005 / Katy Dawley ; Rita Beam -- Using the Omaha system to document the wellness needs of the elderly / Lisa Ann Plowfield ; Evelyn R. Hayes ; Bethany Hall-Long.