RURAL SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMME & CREATING PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN REMOTE SCHOOLS

School based health centers can provide access to healthcare for students who may not otherwise receive care. Rural students may face barriers to accessing health care services including long distances to proviedrs, lack of reliable transportation, work demands of student’s parents, poverty, lack of health insurance and the cost of health care. School based health centers often operate as a partnership between the school and a community health center, hospital, local health department to improve the health of students, as well as the community as a whole.