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Health Risks, Race, and Adolescents’ Use of School-Based Health Centers: Policy and Service Recommendations

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  1. Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, 2148 South High Street, Denver, CO, 80208, USA

    Yolanda Anyon MSW, PhD

  2. School of Social Work, University of Washington, 4101 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, USA

    Megan Moore MSW, PhD

  3. School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, 120 Haviland Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Elizabeth Horevitz MSW, PhD, Kelly Whitaker MPA, Susan Stone MSW, PhD & John P. Shields PhD

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Anyon, Y., Moore, M., Horevitz, E. et al. Health Risks, Race, and Adolescents’ Use of School-Based Health Centers: Policy and Service Recommendations. J Behav Health Serv Res 40, 457–468 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-013-9356-9

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