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Pacza, Tom; Steele, Lesley; Tennant, Marc – Australian Journal of Rural Health, 2001
A culturally appropriate oral health training course tailored to the needs of rural Aboriginal health workers was developed in Western Australia. The course is taught in three modules ranging from introductory material to comprehensive practical and theoretical knowledge of basic dental health care. The program encourages Aboriginal health workers…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Access to Health Care, Community Health Services, Course Descriptions

Snowden, Lonnie R.; Cheung, Freda K. – American Psychologist, 1990
Discusses the ethnic-related differences in mental hospitalization admittance rates, diagnoses, and length of treatment. Explores reasons other than ethnic origin that may account for these differences, including socioeconomic standing, access to alternative services, bias in practitioners' assignment of diagnostic labels, and differential stigma…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Clinical Diagnosis, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups

Hu, Teh-Wei; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1991
Analysis of data from the management systems of San Francisco and Santa Clara counties (California) reveals ethnic differences among 26,708 public mental health service users. Asian Americans and Hispanic Americans used less emergency and inpatient, but more outpatient, care than whites. Blacks used more emergency and less outpatient care. (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Asian Americans, Blacks, Decision Making

Allegrante, John P.; Morisky, Donald E.; Sharif, Behjat A. – Health Educator: Journal of Eta Sigma Gamma, 1999
Summarizes evidence regarding disparities in health status and access to health services across disadvantaged U.S. populations, reviewing major contributing factors to these disparities, highlighting examples of advocacy approaches that have been conceptualized and implemented in health education efforts, and discussing the role of advocacy aimed…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Advocacy, Age Differences, Cultural Influences
Power, Thomas J.; Eiraldi, Ricardo B.; Clarke, Angela T.; Mazzuca, Laurie B.; Krain, Amy L. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2005
Approximately 10% of children and adolescents have mental health problems necessitating intervention, but well below 50% of these children receive needed services, and far fewer receive the quality of care required to effectively reduce their impairments. Although system reform is needed to improve service utilization and quality of care for all…
Descriptors: Health Services, Children, Adolescents, Mental Disorders
Toole, Kimberly; Perry, Cynthia S. – Journal of School Nursing, 2004
School nurses often have the responsibility to ensure that students meet all immunization requirements for school entry and school attendance. In large inner-city school districts, many obstacles exist which make this task daunting and often result in lengthy absences and exclusions for students. It is critical that school nurses find creative and…
Descriptors: Transportation, School Nurses, Immunization Programs, Health Insurance
Beemyn, Brett Genny; Domingue, Andrea; Pettitt, Jessica; Smith, Todd – Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 2005
To assist colleges and universities in becoming more supportive of transgender people, the authors, who work in campus LGBT student services, offer practical recommendations in areas where gender-variant students, staff, and faculty are likely to encounter discrimination. These areas include health care, residence halls, bathrooms, locker rooms,…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Educational Environment, College Students, Student Personnel Services
Vickberg, Suzanne M. Johnson; Kohn, Julia E.; Franco, Lydia M.; Criniti, Shannon – American Journal of Health Education, 2003
In 1999 Planned Parenthood[R] Federation of America (PPFA[R]) launched teenwire.com[SM], a Web site for young people. This study was designed to determine teens' reproductive health information needs. Selected for analysis were 1,219 submissions to the Ask the Experts section of the Web site. Each submission was independently coded by three of the…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Pregnancy, Adolescents, Sexuality
Pang, Elaine C.; Jordan-Marsh, Maryalice; Silverstein, Merril; Cody, Michael – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: This study reported a qualitative analysis of health-seeking behaviors of community-dwelling elderly Chinese Americans on the influences of family network, cultural values, and immigrant experience in their use of health resources. Barriers to health care, pathway of health care, and adaptation of health care by use of self-treatment and…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Focus Groups, Questionnaires, Older Adults
van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk, Henny M. J. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2005
Background: The health needs of people with intellectual disabilities have recently received increasing attention. Method: Based on a review of the 2003 literature, this paper presents an overview of our knowledge on physical, mental and social well-being in this group. Results: Physical well-being is threatened by handicap-related conditions,…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Communication Problems, Mental Retardation, Developed Nations
Sillaste, G. G. – Russian Education and Society, 2004
The process of economic reforms in Russia has been accompanied by drastic and negative phenomena in rural education, by a worsening of the already large difference in levels of schooling of young people in the countryside and in the cities. The present study is one of the first attempts at a comprehensive approach, from the standpoint of sociology…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Rural Education, Teacher Surveys
McLennan, John D.; Wathen, C. Nadine; MacMillan, Harriet L.; Lavis, John N. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objectives: To present a framework for classifying research-practice gaps to increase clarity in the discourse on evidence-informed practice and policy as it applies to child mental health. Method: The development of the framework was informed by the research literature about the effectiveness of clinic- and community-based interventions for the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Mental Health, Literature, Research
Graetz, Brian W.; Sawyer, Michael G.; Baghurst, Peter; Hirte, Craig – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2006
The authors compared service-use patterns and factors associated with service use for 279 boys and 119 girls who met the criteria for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), as defined in the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition (DSM-IV)." The participants had been identified from a nationally…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Comparative Analysis
The White House, 2008
This Final Report prepared by the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives offers an account of President George W. Bush's Faith-Based and Community Initiative (FBCI) to the faith-based and other community organizations (FBCOs) that have joined in the battles against poverty, disease, and other social ills. The report emphasizes…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Altruism, Nonprofit Organizations, Community Organizations
Thornton, Craig; Livermore, Gina; Fraker, Thomas; Stapleton, David; O'Day, Bonnie; Wittenburg, David; Weathers, Robert; Goodman, Nanette; Silva, Tim; Martin, Emily Sama; Gregory, Jesse; Wright, Debra; Mamun, Arif – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2007
Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency program (TTW) was designed to enhance the market for services that help disability beneficiaries become economically self-sufficient by providing beneficiaries with a wide range of choices for obtaining services and to give employment-support service providers new financial incentives to serve beneficiaries…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Incentives, Disabilities, Vocational Rehabilitation