AJPH
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Jul 27, 2006
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
AJPH.2006.093096v1
96/9/1535    most recent
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Purchase Article
Right arrow View Shopping Cart
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Thompson, R.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Thompson, R.
Related Collections
Right arrow Access to Care
Right arrow Mental Health
Right arrow African Americans/Blacks
Right arrow Hispanics/Latinos
Right arrow Native Americans
September 2006, Vol 96, No. 9 | American Journal of Public Health 1535-1536
© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.093096

LETTER

UNDERSTANDING DISPARITIES IN USE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AMONG FAMILIES INVOLVED WITH CHILD WELFARE

Richard Thompson, PhD

Richard Thompson is with the Juvenile Protective Association, Chicago, Ill, and the Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois, Chicago.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Richard Thompson, PhD, Juvenile Protective Association, 1333 N Kingsbury, Suite 306, Chicago, IL 60622 (e-mail: rthompson@juvenile.org).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

Libby and colleagues1 recently wrote about predictors of caregivers’ receiving services for mental health, emotional, or substance use problems. Their key finding was that American Indian caregivers are less likely than Hispanic caregivers to receive such services. This research is important for at least 2 reasons. First, there has been a dearth of research on disparities experienced by American Indian families in the child welfare system; most research in this area has focused on Black families.2 Second, it is rare for such research to focus on the services received by caregivers; most research has instead focused on the children.3

It . . . [Full Text]






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 2006 by the American Public Health Association