Feasibility Study on the Model School Pediatric Health Initiative Pilot Project

The Hospital for Sick Children

Status: Completed

Conditions: School Board Health Centers

Treatments: Other: Students attending SBHC

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01676532

1000025631

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a prospective cross sectional study to assess the feasibility of a school based health centre (SBHC) at Sprucecourt Public School, an inner-city elementary school in Toronto. The SBHC allows inner-city children who face barriers to accessing health care the opportunity to receive health care in their school.The primary aim of this study is to determine utilization of the SBHC. Establishing feasibility of the SBHC would support further development and expansion of this program into other inner city schools.

Full description

A chart review of the first year of the SBHC was conducted. Feasibility metrics included the number of children who enrolled at the SBHC. Efficacy metrics included the proportion of enrolled children who enrolled at SBHC. Efficacy metrics included the proportion of enrolled children who attended and received new diagnoses and treatment plans

Enrollment: 127 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 day to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All students at Sprucecourt Public School and the surrounding fourteen schools, as well as their siblings (ages 0-12 years), who are enrolled at and have consent to attend the SBHC
• All infants and preschool aged children attending the on-site Parenting and Family Literacy Centre who are enrolled at the SBHC

Exclusion criteria

• N/A

Trial design

127 participants in 1 patient group

Students attending SBHC

Description:

Students who attend the SBHC from either Sprucecourt Public School or any other participating schools.

Treatment:

Other: Students attending SBHC