About school-based health services
School-based health services (SBHS) aim to improve the wellbeing and resilience of rangatahi. Nurses in schools provide free and confidential healthcare to rangatahi in schools and make referrals to required services.
The services take a holistic approach to supporting rangatahi. The most common presentations include, but are not limited to:
- trauma-based health impacts particularly family harm
- mental health
- addictions
- sexual and reproductive health.
It also provides support for a range of other issues.
The services focus on populations that are not currently well served by the system, including:
- rangatahi Māori
- Pacific young people
- rainbow young people
- young people who have grown up in care
- rangatahi whaikaha | young disabled people.
What the services offer
The services are available to students in secondary schools across Aotearoa New Zealand in:
- some secondary schools that were identified via the Ministry of Education's previous decile system (deciles 1 to 5 schools were eligible)
- teen parent units
- activity centres and alternative education sites.
School-based health services may also be available in other schools, for example:
- where schools pay for their own nurse
- where the district or primary health organisation has chosen to supplement services with a healthcare provider
- in primary and intermediate schools.
Development of Te Ūkaipō
The current model of care Te Ūkaipō was developed by
- Te Tatau Kitenga Youth Health Sector Advisory Group
- Te Rōpū Mātanga o Rangatahi - Māori Youth Health Sector Advisory Group
- Māngai Whakatipu - Youth Advisory Group.
About school-based health services
School-based health services (SBHS) aim to improve the wellbeing and resilience of rangatahi. Nurses in schools provide free and confidential healthcare to rangatahi in schools and make referrals to required services.
The services take a holistic approach to supporting rangatahi. The most common presentations include, but are not limited to:
- trauma-based health impacts particularly family harm
- mental health
- addictions
- sexual and reproductive health.
It also provides support for a range of other issues.
The services focus on populations that are not currently well served by the system, including:
- rangatahi Māori
- Pacific young people
- rainbow young people
- young people who have grown up in care
- rangatahi whaikaha | young disabled people.
What the services offer
The services are available to students in secondary schools across Aotearoa New Zealand in:
- some secondary schools that were identified via the Ministry of Education's previous decile system (deciles 1 to 5 schools were eligible)
- teen parent units
- activity centres and alternative education sites.
School-based health services may also be available in other schools, for example:
- where schools pay for their own nurse
- where the district or primary health organisation has chosen to supplement services with a healthcare provider
- in primary and intermediate schools.
Development of Te Ūkaipō
The current model of care Te Ūkaipō was developed by
- Te Tatau Kitenga Youth Health Sector Advisory Group
- Te Rōpū Mātanga o Rangatahi - Māori Youth Health Sector Advisory Group
- Māngai Whakatipu - Youth Advisory Group.