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Peer reviewedAltaffer, Fred; Fisher, William – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Issues involved in applying the needs assessment model of the Colorado Social Health Survey to planning and management in Massachusetts are reviewed. The methodology in this special issue provides a new paradigm for mental health needs assessment in general and will be valuable in the Massachusetts plan specifically. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Health Needs, Mental Health Programs, Models
Peer reviewedShern, David L.; Grosser, Rene C. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Implications of the Colorado Social Health Survey for indirect needs assessment in mental health planning and administration are discussed. The survey model parameters' generalizability to other areas of the nation should be investigated, as well as improved ways of linking specific populations to needs, preferences, and outcome dimensions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Evaluation Methods, Generalization, Health Needs
Download full textSnyder, Wendy, Ed.; Ooms, Theodora, Ed. – 1999
At the request of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Research and Education Foundation of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy organized a series of 12 panels that focused on family issues in adolescent treatment. In these workshops, panelists discussed the importance of involving the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Counseling Theories, Drug Abuse
Peer reviewedCiarlo, James A.; Tweed, Dan L. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Service-planning issues necessary for successful implementation of an indirect needs-assessment model to estimate geographical differences in the prevalence of needs for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services are discussed. The issues include selection of need categories as target groups, estimation model selection, and understanding…
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Geographic Regions, Health Needs, Incidence
Peer reviewedCiarlo, James A.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
A summary is provided of a large-scale needs assessment research project in Colorado that tested the validity of several statistical procedures or models for indirectly estimating the need for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services across geographic subregions using a Colorado Social Health Survey sample of 4,745 adults. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Delivery Systems, Drug Rehabilitation
Wright, Kynna; Kuo, Alice; Regalado, Michael; Halfon, Neal – 2001
As part of a series of reports designed to support the implementation of Proposition 10: The California Children and Families Act and to provide comprehensive and authoritative information on critical issues concerning young children and families in California, this report examines how child health services can be improved to support two related…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Child Health, Health Programs
Peer reviewedGoldsmith, Harold F.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Articles in this special issue use survey data to provide policymakers with validated indirect needs assessment models that will help them obtain information about populations requiring different levels and types of mental health services. The articles provide the basis for predictive needs assessment and explanatory models of resource allocation.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, Health Needs, Mental Health Programs
Messina, Susan A. – 1993
While every sexually active teenager is at risk for contracting the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), some have been found to be at higher risk because of behavioral, socioeconomic, or environmental factors. These youth include: runaway and homeless youth, detained or incarcerated teens, alcohol- and other drug-using youth and their sexual…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Health Behavior
