School Based Health

As part of our mission to better serve the people of Lincoln County, LPCC now sponsors three school based health centers located Lincoln County High, Duval Middle/Elementary, & Guyan Valley Middle schools. The purpose of our school based health centers is to offer students easier access to healthcare and to provide consistent treatment while remaining in school.

School-based health centers are health clinics located in or near schools that provide preventive and primary care to students. Currently, 45 school-based health centers provide care to students in 56 schools in 22 counties. Services provided at school-based health centers include health education, treatment of acute illness, and management of chronic illness. Some school-based health centers also provide dental services, and mental health services such as grief counseling, bullying and suicide prevention.

School-based heath centers require a signed parental consent form before students can be provided services. In WV, 80% of all students with a school-based health center located in their school have a signed parental consent form. School-based health centers, work with, but do not replace the child’s physician or school nurse. The centers also link or serve as the child’s medical home if they do not have one. In addition to providing health care to children who many not otherwise seek care, WV’s school-based health centers provide children with easier access to care. Last year, there were more than 67,000 student visits recorded during the school year. In addition to the in-school student visits, there were 6,965 visits by in-school faculty and staff, other area students and community members. Studies by John Hopkins University and others show that school-based health centers decrease absenteeism and tardiness, reduce school discipline and behavior problems and save money by reducing the number of emergency room visits for the wrong reasons.

Lincoln Primary Care Center opened its first school based health center at Guyan Valley in 1995. Since then Lincoln Primary has added two additional school based health centers at the new Lincoln County High School and Duval Middle/Elementary School.

For more information contact Lincoln Primary Care Center at (304) 824-5806 or call your school’s school based health center at one of the following;

Lincoln County High School Panther Center for Health: (304) 824-6090
Guyan Valley Middle School Wildcat Center for Health: (304) 824-5707
Duval Elementary and Middle School Yellow Jacket Center for Health: (304) 524-9241