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Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1986
Briefly describes three innovative social service programs for rural areas: Rural Adolescent Pregnancy Program, Involving the Natural Family in Long-Term (Foster) Care, and Promoting Collaboration in Rural Health Practice through Interdisciplinary Education. Provides names and addresses of rural practitioners to contact for further information.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Biological Parents, Cooperative Programs, Foster Care
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Leslie, Laurel K.; Hurlburt, Michael S.; Landsverk, John; Barth, Richard; Slymen, Donald J. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2004
Objective: To determine factors influencing the use of outpatient mental health services provided by mental health professionals (OMHS) for children in foster care using a national probability sample in the United States. Method: As part of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being, detailed survey data were collected on 462 children,…
Descriptors: Health Services, Child Behavior, Check Lists, Sexual Abuse
Fischler, Ronald S. – 1983
Child abuse and neglect among American Indians is a political as well as a clinical problem, as the victims belong to one cultural group and health professionls who detect maltreatment generally belong to another. Reluctance to diagnose and report child abuse, although universal, is probably more significant in Indian communities for several…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Abuse