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A collaborative project
was developed between an urban district's alternative schools and a university
college of nursing to address low immunization and physical examination
rates among students. At baseline, seven alternative school campuses had
72.6% (ranging from 59% to 80%) of the 1306 students (ages 13-16 years)
enrolled for academic risk also subject to suspension for noncompliance
with required immunizations and/or physical examinations. An estimated
95% of the students were uninsured. A formal partnership agreement for
a service learning project outlined duties and responsibilities of each
entity. A faith-based organization provided funding with the objective
of increasing access to care for uninsured youth. In the first efforts,
25 students from two schools had appointments to be transported to the
university department of pediatrics for services including assessments
by supervised nurse practitioner students. The nursing students had an
opportunity to practice skills in history taking and risk reduction education. Contributed by:
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