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Peer reviewedAtchison, Kathryn A.; Dolan, Teresa A. – Journal of Dental Education, 1990
This paper describes the rationale for and the development of the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI). The GOHAI has demonstrated a high level of internal consistency and reliability. Poor GOHAI scores were significantly correlated to having fewer teeth, wearing a removable denture, and perceiving the need for dental treatment.…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Dentistry, Geriatrics, Health Needs
Download full textKisker, Ellen Eliason; Love, John M.; Raikes, Helen – 1999
The first of a 3-volume series describing the 17 Early Head Start (EHS) programs in fall 1997, this report discusses the main features of the research programs and identifies the key challenges and successes they experienced during their first year of serving families. Chapter 1 of the report discusses the historical and national context of the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Change Strategies, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Early Intervention
Cruz, Jose E. – 1991
An assessment of welfare-related experiences and perspectives of Puerto Rican Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients in New York City (New York), Newark (New Jersey), and Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) was conducted. Data were developed through 8 self-contained focus groups involving 63 participants. An additional focus group was…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Economically Disadvantaged, Family Problems, Family Programs
Peer reviewedBerg, Insoo Kim; Miller, Scott D. – Families in Society, 1992
Presents a solution-focused treatment model that incorporates macro and micro views of ethnic differences and similarities. It is argued that not all clients from the same ethnic group experience life in similar ways. Use of the model is explored through a discussion of the treatment of Asian-American clients. (SLD)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Clinical Psychology, Coping
Minnesota State Dept. of Human Services, St. Paul. Div. of Family and Children's Services. – 1999
Minnesota divides its Title IV-E-IL allocation among three components of a statewide program titled Support for Emancipation and Living Functionally (SELF). SELF is a state-supervised, county-implemented program based on the premise that youth in substitute (foster) care are at significant risk of not making a successful transition to independent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Conventional Instruction, Counseling Services
