{"title":"An Analysis of School-Based Mental Health Models and Policies.","authors":"Caroline M Kemp","doi":"10.1097/01.NAJ.0001094688.17194.47","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>The youth mental health crisis in the United States was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as in part by widespread, frequent use of the internet and social media. Schools provide an opportune setting for delivering prompt preventative interventions to actively mitigate this crisis. The purpose of this project was to identify policy recommendations for improving school-based mental health services and reducing inequities in care, as well as to produce guidelines on how to advocate for better policies for school mental health services. School policies were analyzed in 3 states at 3 different levels: the state level, district level, and school level. To augment the policy reviews, unstructured interviews were conducted with 5 school nurses from the 3 states. Recommendations for just and sustainable policies for school-based mental health care and strategies on how to advocate for such policies are outlined. This project exemplifies the need for strong policies to support school mental health, with a focus on the role of the school nurse.</p>","PeriodicalId":7622,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Nursing","volume":"125 1","pages":"46-52"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"American Journal of Nursing","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.0001094688.17194.47","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/12/26 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"NURSING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract: The youth mental health crisis in the United States was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as in part by widespread, frequent use of the internet and social media. Schools provide an opportune setting for delivering prompt preventative interventions to actively mitigate this crisis. The purpose of this project was to identify policy recommendations for improving school-based mental health services and reducing inequities in care, as well as to produce guidelines on how to advocate for better policies for school mental health services. School policies were analyzed in 3 states at 3 different levels: the state level, district level, and school level. To augment the policy reviews, unstructured interviews were conducted with 5 school nurses from the 3 states. Recommendations for just and sustainable policies for school-based mental health care and strategies on how to advocate for such policies are outlined. This project exemplifies the need for strong policies to support school mental health, with a focus on the role of the school nurse.
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