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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"Health service utilization"”.
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Mental Health Service Utilization Among African-American Adolescents
<p>Underutilization of mental health services by ethnic minorities has been identified as a major public health threat by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2001). Research on ethnic disparities has focused on identifying the sociodemographic correlates of between group differences …
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Mental Health Service Utilization among African American Emerging Adults
… individuals, about 41% fail to utilize mental health services. Research indicates that being African American and between the ages of 18 and 29 are associated with decreased rates of service utilization. Yet, less is known about the factors related to mental health service utilization among a …
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Influences on Mental Health Service Utilization for Vietnamese Young Adults
… Vietnamese-Americans underutilize mental health services. Several factors have been proposed to influence rates of service utilization within this population, including cultural identification and families' acceptance of such services. Most measures of cultural identification are lengthy …
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Overcoming Barriers to Mental Health Service Utilization Among Justice Involved Youth
… the barriers to and facilitators of mental health services utilization among youth in the justice setting, and to explore ways to overcome these barriers and expand these facilitators. This qualitative study utilized focus groups as a means to extract themes among the perceptions of social …
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Health service utilization among demented individuals with or without mood disorders in Canada
… how comorbid mood disorders were associated with health service utilization of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias in a Canadian household population. Methods: The study utilized a population-based secondary data analysis approach, using data from the Canadian Community Health …
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Mental Health Service Utilization Patterns in a School Mental Health Program for High Poverty Communities
… in poverty experience high rates of mental health difficulties including high rates of externalizing and internalizing disorders. However, up to 80% of low-income children in need of mental health services do not receive needed services. Given the barriers and lack of available mental health …
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Health Service Utilization Among Chinese, Filipino, And Asian Indian Older Adults In The United States
… ethnic minorities. The current research on service utilization among Asian American older adults is very limited. The purposes of this study are:: 1) to describe and compare health service needs and health insurance coverage among Chinese, Filipino, and Asian Indian older adults;: 2) to use …
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Effects of a Collaborative Care for Depression Intervention on Health Service Utilization and Depression Severity
… access and coordinate physical and behavioral health services. Understanding the relationships between components of collaborative care programs, characteristics of participants, and their effect on outcomes can maximize program effectiveness. A pilot collaborative care for depression program …
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Beyond Displacement: Understanding the Intersection of Cultural Variables on Mental Health Service Utilization among Newcomers
Existing literature regarding mental health and mental health service access reveals disparities between the experiences of newcomers and their native-born counterparts. Previous studies have mainly focused on how the immigration process and displacement from one’s country of origin influence …
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The Application of a Health Service Utilization Model to a Low Income, Ethnically Diverse Sample of Women
A model for health care utilization was applied to a sample of low income women. Demographic Predisposing, Psychosocial Predisposing, Illness Level, and Enabling indicators were examined separately for African American (n = 266), Anglo American (n = 200), and Mexican American (n = 210) women. …
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Health Service Utilization and Stigma among HIV-Positive Men-Who-Have-Sex-With Men (MSM) in Rural Appalachia
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Health Service Utilization and Stigma among</p> <p>HIV-Positive Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men (MSM) in Rural Appalachia</p> <p>by</p> <p>Roger Lee Blackwell</p> <p>The world has now entered the third decade of the AIDS epidemic. Men-who-have-sex-with-men continue to be …
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Mental health service utilization, knowledge, stigma, and protective factors in a college student sample: The influence of racial categories and student-athlete status
… and time constraints, that impact their mental health needs. They have shown more mental health stigma and less service utilization. This study explored these variables and groups using secondary data analyses from the 2019-2020 Healthy Minds Study (HMS). The current study hypothesized that …
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Examining Mental Health Status and Mental Health Service Utilization by Visible Minority Immigrants in Canada: Adopting a Social Determinants of Health and Intersectionality Approach
… increasing rapidly. However, studies on mental health experiences associated with migration-related challenges are limited. Drawing on social determinants of health and intersectionality frameworks, this study investigated the relationship between social contextual factors and mental health …
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Health service utilization patterns by preschool children with autism spectrum disorder compared to those with global developmental delay at a tertiary centre in South Africa
… global developmental delays (GDD) have complex health care needs that span long periods. Affected families in low resourced countries face substantial barriers in accessing care. Challenging behaviours in children with ASDs further complicates their service encounters and may result in forgone …
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Mental health in forcibly displaced adults in Germany: Access and barriers to mental health service utilization, the impact of an insecure asylum status, and the moderating effect of perceived social support
… comparably little is known about mental health care utilization among these groups, including perceived barriers. The mental distress experienced by forcibly displaced persons is not limited only to the potentially high trauma load accrued before, during, and after flight. Challenges may …
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Health care utilization among those with depressive disorder
… Surveillance Survey to examine predictors for health service utilization among those with depressive disorder using the Andersen Model of Health Care Utilization. The results provide some indication that predisposing, enabling, and need based factors as outlined by the Andersen model indicate …
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Intersecting Inequities: Latinx Access To Mental Health Services
<p>This study examined barriers to mental health service utilization among Latinx populations using data from the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Through the theoretical frameworks of Minority Stress Theory and Toxic Stress Theory, the study investigated the relationships …
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Black Women, Black Pride, and Mental Health: How Does the Power of an African American Woman’s Cultural Pride Influence her Perceived Barriers to Mental Health Care?
… cultural pride and perceived barriers to mental health care among African American women in the United States. Though extensive research has highlighted the disparities in mental health service utilization among racial and ethnic minorities, few studies have examined how variations in cultural …
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Epidemiological Assessment of Bipolar Disorder in Canada
… with BD in terms of demographic features, health status, and mental health service utilization. During the course of this thesis, a third objective emerged which was to examine some indicators of validity of the World Mental Health version of the World Health Organization Composite …
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Patterns and Predictors of Behavioral Change Among Children Enrolled in an Intensive School-Based Mental Health Program
… of diagnosable, yet often untreated, mental health disorders among youth. School-based mental health (SBMH) services have evolved to address these needs and represent an area of growing clinical and research interest. For children with the most severe emotional and behavioral disorders …
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