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County‑district Healthy Schools partnership credits prevention work with fewer behavioral‑health emergency visits
Summary
Bend‑La Pine Schools and Deschutes County public health on April 8 presented preliminary outcome data from the Healthy Schools Initiative showing a reduction in youth behavioral‑health emergency visits in ZIP codes served by the program.
Bend‑La Pine Schools and Deschutes County public health on April 8 presented preliminary outcome data from the Healthy Schools Initiative and described how school‑based prevention, improved linkages to care and peer leadership are being used to reduce youth behavioral‑health crises.
The county’s school health supervisor, Dr. Amy Schneider, said the evaluation found fewer emergency department visits for behavioral‑health reasons among 11–17‑year‑olds living in ZIP codes served by Healthy Schools compared with ZIP codes without the program. “We have prevented 1 in 5 emergency department visits related to behavioral health for ages 11 to 17 living in ZIP codes with…
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