School Services: Healthy Students Learn Better


United Neighborhood Health Services began its first school-based comprehensive health clinic in a school in 1994. It has been demonstrated that healthy students learn better, have more regular attendance patterns and have better academic performance. Adolescents often do not have a regular medical home. They do not receive the health care and health information that can help them make decisions.

Locations

Contact clinics at 615-620-UNHS for hours

  • Antioch High School
  • Dalewood School
  • Glencliff High School
  • Maplewood High School
  • Stratford High School
  • White's Creek High School
    (coming school year '09/'10)


The Vision of School-based clinics

Every young person will:
  • Be as healthy as they can be, and;
  • Be successful in school.

The Mission

To reduce barriers to learning by:
  • Providing school-based primary care health clinics
  • Offering programs for students at risk
  • Keeping students in school and in class
  • Creating a safe place for troubled youth
  • Promoting healthy choices

What Makes UNHS School-Based Clinics Different?
  • A medical office inside a school
  • Medical care available all day every school day
  • Healthcare when students want it and need it
  • Consent of a parent and/or guardian required
  • JCAHO Accredited
  • MD directed licensed medical staff
  • No charge to student; insurance is billed
  • No additional cost to MNPS