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Implementing Indirect Needs-Assessment Models for Planning State Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
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Ciarlo, James A.; Tweed, Dan L. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Service-planning issues necessary for successful implementation of an indirect needs-assessment model to estimate geographical differences in the prevalence of needs for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services are discussed. The issues include selection of need categories as target groups, estimation model selection, and understanding…
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Geographic Regions, Health Needs, Incidence
A Study of the Special Problems and Needs of American Indians with Handicaps Both On and Off the Reservation. Volume II: Individual Reports. Volume III: Appendices.
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O'Connell, Joanne Curry, Ed. – 1987
Five individual study reports included in this volume detail a project to determine the prevalence of disability among American Indians, to identify special problems of American Indians related to vocational rehabilitation, and to survey the extent of cooperative effort among programs conducted under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The first…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, American Indians, Cooperative Programs, Cultural Traits
The Colorado Social Health Survey of Mental Health Service Needs: Sampling, Instrumentation, and Major Findings.
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Ciarlo, James A.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
A stratified probability sample of 4,745 adults in Colorado was surveyed to determine the need for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services. Findings that variation in need prevalence across 48 subareas of the state substantially challenge the assumptions of a uniform rate of need in a state. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, Geographic Regions
Social-Indicator Models for Indirectly Assessing Mental Health Service Needs: Epidemiologic and Statistical Properties.
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Tweed, Dan L.; Ciarlo, James A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1992
Six existing statistical procedures (models) for indirectly assessing the prevalence of need for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services across subareas of a state are described and critiqued in terms of epidemiological and statistical characteristics. Specific advantages and disadvantages are listed for each model. (SLD)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Comparative Analysis, Drug Rehabilitation, Epidemiology