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We know our students have unmet health needs..... <br />From Orange County Schools' 2005 -2006 School <br />Nurses End of Year Report <br />Kindergarten through High School Screenings <br />K. Dental -1826 students screened (Of the 191 students <br />referred for outside care only 36% followed through.) <br />z Hearing — 860 students reached (Of the 24 students <br />referred for follow up care only 386/6 of them completed <br />the referral process.) <br />We know our students have unmet health needs..... <br />The Healthy Carolinians and Advocates for <br />Adolescents Committee Assessment on <br />Mental Health Needs of Adolescents in <br />Orange County, October 2006 <br />❑ Children and adolescents need more education <br />about mental illness and mental health. <br />❑ Children and adolescents need more <br />knowledge of when and how to seeds mental <br />health services. <br />5 <br />