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If It Walks like a Duck and Quacks like a Duck then Must It Be a Rabbit? Programs, Systems and a Cumulative Science of Children's Mental Health Services
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Rosenblatt, Abram – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2010
The system of care approach as a strategy for serving children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED) is by any measure a success with one exception: there is controversy regarding the scientific evidence documenting that the services provided through systems of care improve the symptomatic and functional outcomes of the youth…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Children, Adolescents
Common Patterns of Service Use in Children's Mental Health.
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Lambert, E. Warren; Brannan, Ana Maria; Breda, Carolyn; Heflinger, Craig Anne; Bickman, Leonard – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1998
This study demonstrates the usefulness of cluster analytic patterns of care in a sample of 979 children receiving federal mental health services. Six patterns were identified. These service-utilization clusters provide a useful and easily understood way to summarize children's quantity of use of various mental health services. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Cluster Analysis, Federal Aid, Mental Health Programs
Methodological Issues in Evaluating Mental Health Services: Special Issue.
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Bickman, Leonard, Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1996
This special issue focuses on several methodological issues in the evaluation of the largest mental health and substance abuse project for children and adolescents conducted at a single site, the U.S. Army's Fort Bragg Child and Adolescent Mental Health Demonstration program. The introduction and seven articles describe this program and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Evaluation Methods, Medical Care Evaluation
Consumer Satisfaction of Parents and Their Children with Child/Adolescent Mental Health Services.
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Godley, Susan Harrington; Funk, Rodney R.; Fiedler, Elisa Mustari – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1998
The satisfaction of 469 parents or guardians and 387 of their children who received mental health services at 22 community agencies in Illinois was assessed with standardized measures and procedures. Youths' satisfaction was less than that of their parents. Results are used to formulate a prediction model. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods
The Utility of Case-Control Methods for Health Policy and Planning Analysis: An Illustration from Kinshasa, Zaire.
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Mock, Nancy B.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
The use of case-control methodology as an applied policy/planning research tool in assessing the potential effectiveness of behavioral interventions is studied in connection with diarrhea control in Zaire. Results with 107 matched pairs of children demonstrate the importance of hygiene-related knowledge and the utility of the research approach.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Children, Control Groups
Assessing Parental Satisfaction with Children's Mental Health Services: A Pilot Study.
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Byalin, Kenneth – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
A pilot study assessing parent satisfaction with mental health services for children was a disappointment in its low response rate (28%, 15 of 53 questionnaires). However, the questionnaire, the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire, was an easy to use and effective tool that identified some sources of dissatisfaction. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Mail Surveys, Mental Health Programs
Special Feature: Epistemological Paradigms in Evaluation: Implications for Practice. Section 3: "Paradigm Complementarity" Case Studies.
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Kamis-Gould, Edna; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1991
Three studies are presented, which illustrate situations in which researchers and funders agreed on the primacy of either the experimental or pragmatic paradigms but acknowledged a role for the other. The studies involved evaluations of mental health care, information systems, and a curriculum for behavioral and academic dysfunction. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Behavior Disorders, Case Studies, Children