ERIC Number: ED133112
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1975
Pages: 212
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Service Networks and Patterns of Utilization: Mental Health Programs, Indian Health Service (IHS). Volume 8: Phoenix Area, 1966-1974.
Attneave, Carolyn L.; Beiser, Morton
The eighth 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 Phoenix Area Office and the Tucson Sub-Area Office. Included in this document are: (1) The Context: Political and Geographic (the Phoenix area as a whole, including states, offices, etc., and regional characteristics); (2) Centralized Development of Mental Health Programs in the Phoenix Area (1967-69 and the first mental health Area Chief and 1969-70 staff increases and program description); (3) 1970-72: Decentralization and the Introduction of Mental Health Technicians (professional staff changes, mental health technicians, excerpt of annual report for 1971, and training activities); (4) 1972-73: Consolidation (annual report, special consultant, and summary of policies and problems); (5) Service Unit Programs (Reno Field Office: Schurz Hospital and Stewart Indian School; Owyhee Service Unit, Duck Valley Reservation; Fort Duchesne, Utah; Hopi; White Mountain and San Carlos Apache; Pima-Maricopa Reservation, Sacaton, Arizona; Colorado River Tribes; and City of Phoenix); (6) Summary (problems and accomplishments); (7) Tucson Sub-Area (description of Papago Reservation, the Office of Research and Development, Desert Willow Training Center, Papago Health System, summary of problems and accomplishments). (JC)
Descriptors: Activities, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Annual Reports, Decentralization, Delivery Systems, Geography, History, Mental Health Programs, Policy Formation, Political Influences, Problems, Professional Personnel, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Regional Programs, Research and Development Centers, Training
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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