Increasing Access to Child Mental Health Services for Urban Children and Their Caregivers.

McKay, Mary McKernan; Stoewe, Judith; McCadam, Kathleen; Gonzales, Jude

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ERIC Number: EJ569863

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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Increasing Access to Child Mental Health Services for Urban Children and Their Caregivers.

McKay, Mary McKernan; Stoewe, Judith; McCadam, Kathleen; Gonzales, Jude

Health & Social Work, v23 n1 p9-15 Feb 1998

Evaluates the effects of two engagement interventions on the initial attendance and ongoing retention in child mental health services of 109 primarily children of color and their families. Interventions were associated with increases in attendance. Implications for future research and recommendations for modifying procedures in outpatient child mental health centers are presented. (Author/MKA)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Attendance, Blacks, Caregivers, Family (Sociological Unit), Intervention, Interviews, Mental Health Clinics, Mental Health Programs, School Holding Power, Urban Youth

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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