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Showing 1 to 20 of 109 for “"Service utilization"”.
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UNDERSTANDING SERVICE UTILIZATION WITHIN CO-OCCURRING POPULATION
… can be an asset to this population, if the services offered deliver adequate results that contribute to the overall wellbeing of this community. Therefore, providers, including social workers and other professionals to determine the effectiveness of these programs, should routinely assess …
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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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Service Utilization among Bereaved Spouses and Family Caregivers
… In recognition of this variability, a range of services and interventions is available to assist individuals in the adjustment to bereavement. The present dissertation, consisting of three related studies, was conducted to examine the utilization of bereavement services by family caregivers. The …
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Unmet Needs And Service Utilization by Informal Caregivers
… was to examine health related, community-based service use by informal caregivers caring for aging adults who identify as having an unmet need. Unmet needs in this study included the physical, mental, and/or tangible needs of the informal caregiver. Using a non-experimental, descriptive study …
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Mental Health Service Utilization among African American Emerging Adults
… 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 specific …
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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 and …
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MEDICAID ENROLLMENT PATTERNS AND SERVICE UTILIZATION OF EPILEPSY PATIENTS IN OHIO
Applying graphical, descriptive statistical, multiple failure survival, and causal inference methods on a large retrospective cohort of adults constructed from Ohio Medicaid administrative data base, we determined the optimal disease free period for identifying incident epilepsy cases, the …
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Overcoming Barriers to Mental Health Service Utilization Among Justice Involved Youth
… 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 workers …
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Impacts of Increased Home Care Investments on Health System Service Utilization
… newly identified indicators to Alberta Health Services data for home care clients from 2015 to 2020. The identified indicators were examined through trend analyses and a cost-effectiveness analysis economic evaluation. Results: In the first study, we reviewed 3,475 potential documents, leading …
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Health service utilization among demented individuals with or without mood disorders in Canada
… 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 Survey …
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Relationship between the characteristics of elder caregivers and care recipients in community service utilization
… elder caregiver and care recipient in community service utilization. The dramatic effect on the prevalence of elder caregiving is a great concern in the United States as the elder population 65 and older increases (Whitlack & Noelker, 1996). This study focused on the relationship between the …
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ANALYZING CLINICAL PRESENTATION, SERVICE UTILIZATION, AND CLINICAL OUTCOME OF FEMALE SEXUAL MINORITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
… evidence of psychological distress and greater utilization of mental health services compared to heterosexually-identified women. However, the results of many research studies with this population have methodological limitations surrounding recruitment of participants, cross-sectional methods, …
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Mental Health Service Utilization Patterns in a School Mental Health Program for High Poverty Communities
… of low-income children in need of mental health services do not receive needed services. Given the barriers and lack of available mental health services, the school setting has been the de facto place of services in high-poverty communities. However, the effectiveness of school 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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African American Community Mental Health Center Service Utilization: A Test of the Cultural Compatibility Hypothesis
… health centers (CMHCs) in Virginia that had services evaluated as being more compatible with the cultural needs of African Americans attracted a higher percentage of adult African American service users from their catchment areas than CMHCs which were evaluated as being less culturally …
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Effects of a Collaborative Care for Depression Intervention on Health Service Utilization and Depression Severity
… 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 within a …
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Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role Of Ethnicity And Culture In Parent Interpretation And Service Utilization
… labeling the child, level of concern, helpful services), attitudes towards mental health services, and trust in providers. Participants were exposed to a vignette of a child displaying typical developmental behavior, mild ASD symptomology, or moderate-to-severe ASD symptomology. Participants …
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Health, health insurance coverage, health care service utilization and family structure among children of immigrants
… health insurance coverage, and health care service utilization among children of immigrants in different immigrant generations. This dissertation found that second- generation children of single parents are less likely to be in good health, and second-generation children of cohabiting …
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