Table 1.
Characteristics of School Health Centers, North Carolina (N = 33).
| % | |
|---|---|
| Students enrolled in associated school, mean (SD) (N = 26) | 863 (757) |
| Percentage of Spanish-speaking students, mean (SD) | 11% (.14) |
| Type of school health center | |
| School-based | 91% |
| School-linked | 9% |
| Urbanicity | |
| Urban | 49% |
| Suburban | 9% |
| Rural | 42% |
| Hours of operation | |
| Most school days | 97% |
| Limited hours | 3% |
| Accept all types of private insurance | |
| Yes | 67% |
| No | 33% |
| Stock Vaccines for Children (VFC) vaccines | |
| Yes | 100% |
| No | 0% |
| Stock privately-purchased vaccines | |
| Yes | 55% |
| No | 46% |
| Use North Carolina Immunization Registry (NCIR) to update students’ electronic health records | |
| Yes | 100% |
| No | 0% |
| Use reminder/recall function of NCIR to track students who initiate vaccination | |
| Yes | 33% |
| No | 67% |
| Use other methods to track students who initiate vaccination | |
| Yes | 91% |
| No | 9% |
| Partner with outside organizations to provide HPV vaccine | |
| Yes | 46% |
| No | 55% |
| Use electronic records of HPV vaccination | |
| Yes | 70% |
| No | 30% |
| HPV vaccine product stocked | |
| Quadrivalent | 100% |
| Bivalent | 0% |
| HPV vaccine doses administered in 2009–2010 school year, mean (SD | 57 (93) |
| Number of students receiving all 3 doses of HPV vaccine in 2009–2010 school year, mean (SD) | 6 (9) |
Note. School-located clinics were located on premises while school-linked were located offsite.