Where We Stand
Section: Child / Adolescent Health
Policy: School Health

School Health

OMA endorses the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Health Supervision of Children and Youth as an appropriate periodicity schedule for children's and adolescents' physical examinations.
https://brightfutures.aap.org/Bright%20Futures%20Documents/BF4_Introduction.pdf

Because school-based physical assessments were originated at a time when many schoolchildren had little or no access to routine health supervision by a qualified physician and because comprehensive health screening is seldom available in schools, parents should be encouraged to seek a source of continuing primary care for their children and adolescents.
Adopted at the annual House of Delegates, 1986.
Reaffirmed at the annual House of Delegates, 2011.


OMA supports the concept of school-based health clinics and encourages physicians to participate in local efforts to establish them, recognizing that local autonomy regarding service choices should be respected and a good flow of information between providers and parents should be encouraged.
Adopted at the interim House of Delegates, 1990.
Reaffirmed at the annual House of Delegates, 2011.


OMA supports the mission and objectives of school-based clinics and their continued long term funding in Oregon.
Adopted at the annual House of Delegates, 1991.
Reaffirmed at the annual House of Delegates, 2011.


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