The Waiting Room: Where Trust Starts

By Ketan Tamirisa, SBHA YAC Member By Ketan Tamirisa, Youth Advisory Council member. The following reflects Ketan’s lived experiences, thoughts, and opinions. When people talk about school-based health centers (SBHCs), they often focus on what services are offered: checkups, vaccines, mental health support, referrals, health education, or help when something feels wrong. Those services matter. … Read more

Reflecting on My Time at SBHA

By Muntaha Rahman, Youth Advisory Council Member 2024- 2026 Throughout my childhood and early school years, my school-based health centers were crucial in providing my peers and I with necessary and fundamental access to a wide variety of health resources. For many students, these centers meant the world; although health care in other areas was … Read more