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Brown, Karin A. Elliott; Jemmott, Frances E.; Mitchell, Holly J.; Walton, Mary L. – Health & Social Work, 1998
A community-based, drop-in, self-help wellness center representing an empowerment approach to developing culturally appropriate health promotion for black women is described. The program, affiliated services, and jointly sponsored programs are reviewed. Relationships with supporting organizations, strengths and pitfalls of the model, and program…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Blacks
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Lott, Bernice – American Psychologist, 2002
Suggests that distancing is the dominant response to poor people by those who are not poor and that distancing, separation, exclusion, and devaluing operationally define discrimination. Examines U.S. classism in the context of theoretical propositions about the moral exclusion of stigmatized others. Describes cognitive, institutional, and…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Cognitive Processes, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education
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Andersson, Helle Wessel – Child Care in Practice, 2004
The present study addresses the question of equality of access, as it relates to waiting time for specialised mental health treatment for children and adolescents. The aim was to investigate whether demographic, clinical factors and service-related factors were associated with waiting time. Data was based on a documentation system in which all…
Descriptors: Health Services, Place of Residence, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health
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Sweeney, Michael; Robins, Michele; Ruberu, Maryse; Jones, Jennifer – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2005
The goal of this article is to review the experiences of some of the African-American and Latino families who participated in the Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS). The importance of this article derives from the historical and current inequities in mental health care for families of color. We describe the attempts within the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Hispanic Americans, Depression (Psychology), Child Welfare
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Iacono, Teresa; Davis, Robert; Humphreys, John; Chandler, Neale – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2003
General practitioners (GPs) from the Australian state of Victoria and support people were surveyed about their concerns and priorities for meeting the health care needs of people with developmental disabilities. Despite the poor response rate (22% and 27%), sampling adequacy was obtained, and the tools were found to have construct validity.…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Developmental Disabilities, Construct Validity, Mental Retardation
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Case, Anne; Paxson, Christina – Future of Children, 2006
Children from low-income families are more likely than other children to have serious health problems. And, as Anne Case and Christina Paxson show, childhood health problems can prevent poor children from achieving economic success as adults. Income-related disparities in childhood health are evident at birth or even before, and the disparities…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Child Health, Public Health, At Risk Persons
Oberlink, Mia R. – National Council on Disability, 2006
This report identifies barriers to developing livable communities and sheds light on potential methods for overcoming these barriers. It identifies and highlights multiple strategies that may be applied to the design and support of livable community principles. The identified strategies have been initiated by federal and state government agencies…
Descriptors: State Government, Public Agencies, Tax Credits, Private Sector
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Snowden, Lonnie; Masland, Mary; Ma, Yifei; Ciemens, Elizabeth – Journal of Community Psychology, 2006
The present study documented and evaluated steps taken by public mental health administrators to recruit members of underrepresented ethnic minority populations into treatment. By surveying county-level ethnic program specialists in the decentralized California state system, the study identified strategies considered effective for reaching African…
Descriptors: Health Services, American Indians, Mental Health Programs, Asian Americans
Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, 2005
"Data Trends" reports present summaries of research on mental health services for children and adolescents and their families. The article summarized in this "Data Trends" discusses research on mental health care utilization among young children, up to age seven, in a low-income urban setting. Overall, the study indicates that…
Descriptors: Health Services, African American Children, Young Children, Mental Health Programs
Thomasgard, Michael; Warfield, Janeece – Zero to Three (J), 2005
Thomasgard, a physician, and Warfield, a psychologist, describe the multidisciplinary Collaborative Peer Supervision Group Project, originally developed and implemented in Columbus, Ohio. Collaborative Peer Supervision Groups (CPSGs) foster the development of case-based, interdisciplinary, continuing education. CPSGs are designed to improve the…
Descriptors: Professional Education, Early Intervention, Supervision, Mental Health
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Perez, Sonia M. – Future of Children, 2004
One of the most profound demographic shifts in the United States during the past two decades has been the dramatic increase in the Hispanic population, driven both by high birth rates relative to other racial and ethnic groups, and by immigration. The Hispanic population grew by 58% from 1990 to 2000, and in 2003 became the largest "minority"…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Minority Groups
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Edelman, Marian Wright; Jones, James M. – Future of Children, 2004
Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in "Brown v. Board of Education" that: "Segregation of white and Negro children in the public schools of a State solely on the basis of race, pursuant to state laws permitting or requiring such segregation, denies to Negro children the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth…
Descriptors: Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged, American Indians, Asian Americans
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Green, Bonnie L.; Miranda, Jeanne; Daroowalla, Anahita; Siddique, Juned – Crime & Delinquency, 2005
A convenience sample of 100 female jail inmates was interviewed by two female clinical psychologists using measures of trauma exposure, psychopathology, sexual risk behavior, parenting skills, and perceived needs for service. Participants had high rates of lifetime trauma exposure (98%), current mental disorders (36%), and drug/alcohol problems…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Substance Abuse, Institutionalized Persons, Females
Nystrom, Robert J. – 1995
This report describes the activities of Oregon's 25 high school-based health centers between 1992 and 1994. Information is provided on funding sources, services offered (including general medical services and reproductive health, mental health, health promotion services, and hours of operation), staffing (including levels of staffing and…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Ancillary School Services, Depression (Psychology), Early Parenthood
Morse, Ann, Ed. – 1994
This handbook contains five research papers and extensive reference materials on general immigration, immigrant policy, and related federal and state programs. "Immigration and Immigrant Policy" (Jonathan C. Dunlap) presents an historical overview of U.S. immigration, 1820s-1980s; defines various immigrant statuses and eligibility of each for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Health Care, Adult Education, Cultural Pluralism
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