IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/cysrev/v85y2018icp239-244.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Who is accessing family mental health programs? Demographic differences before and after system reform

Author

Listed:
  • Hamovitch, Emily K.
  • Acri, Mary C.
  • Bornheimer, Lindsay A.

Abstract

Childhood mental health disorders are on the rise in the United States. To ensure equitable access to care, it is important to examine the characteristics of children and families who access services. This study compares the demographic characteristics of two samples of families who participated in National Institute of Mental Health-funded studies of a Multiple Family Group model, entitled the 4Rs and 2Ss Multiple Family Group (4Rs and 2Ss) in New York City. One sample is currently receiving services, and the other received services a decade ago. Significant differences in demographic characteristics were found between the two samples pertaining to child race, child nativity, caregiver age, primary caregiver, caregiver marital status, caregiver race, caregiver education, caregiver employment, and family income. Families currently engaging in the public mental health service system are primarily White, and are less disadvantaged than families a decade ago. These differences are examined in light of changing policy and epidemiological trends, and potential unintended consequences are discussed.

Suggested Citation

  • Hamovitch, Emily K. & Acri, Mary C. & Bornheimer, Lindsay A., 2018. "Who is accessing family mental health programs? Demographic differences before and after system reform," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 239-244.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:85:y:2018:i:c:p:239-244
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.12.027
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740917307594
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.12.027?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Henderson, C. & Evans-Lacko, S. & Thornicroft, G., 2013. "Mental illness stigma, help seeking, and public health programs," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 103(5), pages 777-780.
    2. Chow, J.C.-C. & Jaffee, K. & Snowden, L., 2003. "Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Mental Health Services in Poverty Areas," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 93(5), pages 792-797.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Raquel Simões de Almeida & Maria João Trigueiro & Paula Portugal & Sara de Sousa & Vítor Simões-Silva & Filipa Campos & Maria Silva & António Marques, 2023. "Mental Health Literacy and Stigma in a Municipality in the North of Portugal: A Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(4), pages 1-14, February.
    2. Irina Pinchuk & Yulia Yachnik & Oksana Kopchak & Kristine Avetisyan & Khachatur Gasparyan & Gayane Ghazaryan & Eka Chkonia & Lilya Panteleeva & Anthony Guerrero & Norbert Skokauskas, 2021. "The Implementation of the WHO Mental Health Gap Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) in Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia and Kyrgyz Republic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-13, April.
    3. Maryam Zabihi Poursaadati & Masoomeh Maarefvand & Jafar Bolhari & Samaneh Hosseinzadeh & Nahid Songhori & Leili Derakhshan & Jagdish Khubchandani, 2023. "Caregivers’ experiences and perspectives of factors associated with relapse in Iranian people living with schizophrenia: A qualitative study," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 69(1), pages 86-100, February.
    4. Hsuan-Jung Lai & Yin-Ju Lien & Kai-Ren Chen & Yu-Kai Lin, 2022. "The Effectiveness of Mental Health Literacy Curriculum among Undergraduate Public Health Students," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(9), pages 1-11, April.
    5. Kronenberg, C. & Jacobs, R. & Zucchelli, E., 2015. "The impact of a wage increase on mental health: Evidence from the UK minimum wage," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 15/08, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
    6. Pullen, Erin & Ekl, Emily A. & Felix, Elizabeth & Turner, Christopher & Perry, Brea L. & Pescosolido, Bernice A., 2022. "Labeling, causal attributions, and social network ties to people with mental illness," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 293(C).
    7. Lippman, Angie Del Prado, 2010. "The current status and impact of US National Policy on the help-seeking behavior of adolescents," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(6), pages 822-828, June.
    8. Neil Quinn & Lee Knifton, 2014. "Beliefs, stigma and discrimination associated with mental health problems in Uganda: Implications for theory and practice," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 60(6), pages 554-561, September.
    9. Chavira, Denise A. & Bantados, Brenda & Rapp, Amy & Firpo-Perretti, Yudelki M. & Escovar, Emily & Dixon, Louise & Drahota, Amy & Palinkas, Lawrence A., 2017. "Parent-reported stigma and child anxiety: A mixed methods research study," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 237-242.
    10. Cook, Benjamin Lê & Doksum, Teresa & Chen, Chih-nan & Carle, Adam & Alegría, Margarita, 2013. "The role of provider supply and organization in reducing racial/ethnic disparities in mental health care in the U.S," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 102-109.
    11. Scheim, Ayden I. & Bauer, Greta R., 2019. "The Intersectional Discrimination Index: Development and validation of measures of self-reported enacted and anticipated discrimination for intercategorical analysis," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 226(C), pages 225-235.
    12. Jeste, Dilip V. & Oswald, Andrew J., 2014. "Individual and Societal Wisdom: Explaining the Paradox of Human Aging and High Well-Being," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 191, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
    13. Niec, Larissa N. & Egan, Ryan & Schoonover, Ciera & Brodd, Irene, 2020. "Selection and training of paraprofessionals in core parent-child interaction therapy skills," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    14. Choy-Brown, Mimi & Hamovitch, Emily K. & Bornheimer, Lindsay A. & Acri, Mary C. & McKay, Mary M., 2020. "Getting to the table: Agency characteristics and evidence-based intervention adoption in children’s mental health care," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
    15. Hasini Gunasiri & Rebecca Patrick & Rhonda Garad & Joanne Enticott & Graham Meadows & Tristan Snell, 2024. "Coping with the Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change: A Green Script for Sustainable Action," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-12, January.
    16. Katherine Sang & Jen Remnant & Thomas Calvard & Katriona Myhill, 2021. "Blood Work: Managing Menstruation, Menopause and Gynaecological Health Conditions in the Workplace," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-16, February.
    17. Jeste, Dilip V. & Oswald, Andrew J., 2014. "Individual and Societal Wisdom: Explaining the Paradox of Human Aging and High Well-Being," Economic Research Papers 270237, University of Warwick - Department of Economics.
    18. Anitha Jeyagurunathan & Edimansyah Abdin & Saleha Shafie & Peizhi Wang & Sherilyn Chang & Hui Lin Ong & Restria Fauziana Abdul Rahman & Vathsala Sagayadevan & Ellaisha Samari & Yi Chian Chua & Janhavi, 2018. "Pathways to care among psychiatric outpatients in a tertiary mental health institution in Singapore," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 64(6), pages 554-562, September.
    19. Victoria N Mutiso & Christine W Musyimi & Sameera S Nayak & Abednego M Musau & Tahilia Rebello & Erick Nandoya & Albert K Tele & Kathleen Pike & David M Ndetei, 2017. "Stigma-related mental health knowledge and attitudes among primary health workers and community health volunteers in rural Kenya," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 63(6), pages 508-517, September.
    20. Bunger, Alicia C. & Chuang, Emmeline & McBeath, Bowen, 2012. "Facilitating mental health service use for caregivers: Referral strategies among child welfare caseworkers," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 34(4), pages 696-703.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:85:y:2018:i:c:p:239-244. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/childyouth .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.