ERIC Number: ED133111
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1975
Pages: 169
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Service Networks and Patterns of Utilization: Mental Health Programs, Indian Health Service (IHS). Volume 7: Oklahoma City Area, 1969-1973.
Attneave, Carolyn L.; Beiser, Morton
The seventh volume in a 10-volume report on the historical development (1966-1973) of the 8 administrative Area Offices of the Indian Health Service (IHS) Mental Health Programs, this report presents information on the Oklahoma City Area Office. Included in this document are: (1) General Description: Geography and Demography (population; geographic features; and historical development including the Trail of Tears and eastern tribal removals, the 100th meridian, statehood, contemporary Oklahoma, Kansas, and tribes associated with service units); (2) Development of Mental Health Services (non-reservation dilemmas, State services prior to 1969, planning for IHS, first psychiatric staff, Central Oklahoma Service Units, Western Oklahoma, Eastern Oklahoma, and Kansas Service Unit: reservations and Haskell College); (3) Development of Special Mental Health Positions (mental health educator, clerk as entry to mental health worker position); (4) Overview of Oklahoma City Area Mental Health Programs (Area Office; Service Unit staff and activities including stability of personnel, clinical services, and consultation relationships; staff training; and Indian Advisory Board relationships re: planning, coordination, and evaluation); (5) Summary (achievements and problems yet to be solved). (JC)
Descriptors: Activities, Advisory Committees, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Clinics, Cultural Background, Delivery Systems, Demography, Geography, Health Services, History, Mental Health Programs, Planning, Problems, Professional Personnel, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Regional Programs, Training, Tribes
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: Health Services Administration (DHEW/PHS), Rockville, MD. Indian Health Service.
Authoring Institution: Washington Univ., Seattle.
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