| Race/Ethnicity, Parent-Identified Emotional Difficulties, and Mental Health Visits Among California Children. | |
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PMID: 23070565 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Variability in mental health services utilization by race/ethnicity was evaluated with a Behavioral Model approach. Subjects were 17,705 children 5 to 11 years of age in the 2005, 2007, and 2009 California Health Interview Surveys. Parents identified minor emotional difficulties in 18.7% of these children (ranging from 14.8% in Asians to 24.4% in African Americans) and definite or severe difficulties in 7.4% (5.5% in Asians to 9.7% in "other race"). Overall, 7.6% of children had at least one mental health visit in the prior year (2.3% in Asians to 11.2% in African Americans). Parent-identified need was the most salient predictor of mental health visits for all racial/ethnic groups. Beyond need, no consistent patterns could be determined across racial/ethnic groups with regard to the relationship between contextual, predisposing, and enabling measures and mental health service utilization. Different factors operated for each racial/ethnic group, suggesting the need for studies to examine mental health need, mental health service use, and determinants by racial/ethnic subgroup. These findings suggest that a "one-size-fits-all approach" with regard to policies and practices aimed at reducing mental health disparities will not be effective for all racial/ethnic groups. |
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Jim E Banta; Sigrid James; Mark G Haviland; Ronald M Andersen |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-10-16 |
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Title: The journal of behavioral health services & research Volume: - ISSN: 1556-3308 ISO Abbreviation: J Behav Health Serv Res Publication Date: 2012 Oct |
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Created Date: 2012-10-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9803531 Medline TA: J Behav Health Serv Res Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Health Policy and Management, Loma Linda University School of Public Health, 24951 North Circle Drive, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, USA, jbanta@llu.edu. |
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