School-Based Health Center

Madras High School-Based Health Center
390 SE 10th St Madras, OR 97741
Call 541-383-3005 to make an appointment
For hours & location: https://mosaicmedical.org/location/madras-high-school-based-health-center/

The SBHC Model
School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) are a vital community tool with a youth-centered model that supports young people’s health and well-being. Oregon SBHCs are in schools or on school grounds and provide medical care, behavioral health services and, often, dental services. Because of these easily accessible services, school-aged youth have an equal opportunity to learn, grow and thrive.

SBHCs are medical clinics that offer a full range of physical, behavioral and preventive health services. SBHCs offer services to all students in a convenient and youth-centered environment, regardless of ability to pay. SBHCs provide easy access to health care. SBHCs reduce barriers such as cost, transportation and concerns about confidentiality that keep parents and students from seeking the health services students need.

Each SBHC is staffed by a primary care professional who may be a doctor, nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant, other medical or mental health professionals and support staff, such as a receptionist. The centers are comfortable and accessible to encourage youth to either make an appointment to come in or to drop by when they need medical attention and/or want to learn more about health issues.

SBHCs have existed in Oregon since 1986. They succeed through public-private partnerships among the Oregon Public Health Division, school districts, local public health authorities, health care providers, parents, students, and community members.

Goals of SBHCs

• Improve access to affordable quality primary care and mental health services for school-aged youth
• Provide patient-centered care for all students, regardless of insurance status
• Reduce costs related to unnecessary hospital stays and use of emergency rooms
• Improve educational outcomes because healthy kids learn better
• Save parents time by reducing missed work hours

The Madras High School-Based Health Center is an independent pediatric healthcare clinic located right on school grounds.
Anyone age 0-18 can be a patient at the Madras High School-Based Health Center even if they don’t have health insurance, have primary care established elsewhere, and/or don’t have an appointment; we offer same-day appointments and walk-in’s. At the Madras High School-Based Health Center, we offer

Services include: 

• Annual well-child visits,
• Sports physicals,
• Acute illness diagnosis and treatment,
• Immunizations,
• Behavioral and mental healthcare,
• and much more! 

Interpreters for Spanish speaking clients are available.