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Glisson, Charles; Hemmelgarn, Anthony; Green, Philip; Williams, Nathaniel J. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2013
Objectives: The primary objective of the study was to assess whether the Availability, Responsiveness and Continuity (ARC) organizational intervention improved youth outcomes in community based mental health programs. The second objective was to assess whether programs with more improved organizational social contexts following the 18-month ARC…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mental Health, Social Environment, Caregivers
Fede, Jessica L.; Solomon, Benjamin G.; Whitcomb, Sara A. – Communique, 2011
The estimated prevalence of one or more mental health disorders among children and adolescents between the ages of 9 and 17 is 21% (Satcher, 2001). Similarly, research by Greenberg et al., (2003) estimated that 20% of school-age youth experience mental health problems during the course of any school year. Despite these high prevalence rates, the…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, School Psychology, Children
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Jent, Jason F.; Niec, Larissa N. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2009
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a group mentoring program that included components of empirically supported mentoring and cognitive behavioral techniques for children served at a community mental health center. Eighty-six 8- to 12-year-old children were randomly assigned to either group mentoring or a wait-list control group. Group…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Health Services, Social Problems, Behavior Problems
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Mock, Nancy B.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
The use of case-control methodology as an applied policy/planning research tool in assessing the potential effectiveness of behavioral interventions is studied in connection with diarrhea control in Zaire. Results with 107 matched pairs of children demonstrate the importance of hygiene-related knowledge and the utility of the research approach.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Children, Control Groups