Correlates of community mental health center underservice to non-whites

The relationships between relatively low utilization rates for non‐whites and catchment area demography and center service characteristics were examined for 142 federally funded community mental health centers. Center characteristics were less strongly related to relative utilization by non‐whites t...

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Published in:Journal of community psychology 1980-04, Vol.8 (2), p.140-146
Main Author: Windle, Charles
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Catchment Area (Health)
Community Mental Health Centers - utilization
Demography
European Continental Ancestry Group
Health administration
Humans
Minority Groups
Poverty
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
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Summary:The relationships between relatively low utilization rates for non‐whites and catchment area demography and center service characteristics were examined for 142 federally funded community mental health centers. Center characteristics were less strongly related to relative utilization by non‐whites than were area demographic characteristics. Several characteristics of the black population were among those most highly associated with relative non‐white utilization rates.
ISSN:0090-4392
1520-6629
DOI:10.1002/1520-6629(198004)8:2<140::AID-JCOP2290080207>3.0.CO;2-T