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Reclaiming Futures Considers an Anti-Oppressive Frame to Decrease Disparities
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A practice innovation that addresses the root causes of inequities.
Exploring the Implementation of Justice-Based Alcohol and Drug Intervention Strategies with Juvenile Offenders
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Public/private partnership combines three practice approaches to benefit juvenile offenders with drug problems.
Reclaiming Futures and Juvenile Reentry
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Reclaiming Futures incorporates some of the concepts of the overarching case management juvenile reentry model, particularly in the areas of continuity of care, evidence-based care, service coordination and positive youth development that engages family and community members.
Family Involvement in Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment and Recovery
September 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Family involvement can inform policy and improve quality of care provided to youth in substance abuse treatment and recovery.
Estimating the Potential of Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Reduce Consumption and Generate Revenue
June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages could improve public health by reducing obesity.
Evaluation of Free to Grow
May 9, 2011 | Journal Article
This article describes the independent evaluation conducted of Free to Grow (FTG) based at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Researcers compared 14 FTG sites with 14 matched Head Start agencies and communities without the program.
Factors Related to Medicaid Payment Acceptance at Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Providing treatment for patients with substance abuse can result in significantly reduced lifetime medical costs. In order for more patients to receive substance abuse treatment, efforts must be made to increase acceptance of Medicaid at substance abuse facilities.
Ethnic and Gender Disparities in Needed Adolescent Mental Health Care
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Minority adolescents use mental health services less frequently than White adolescents. The findings presented here suggest that social attitudes toward depression might prevent minority children from seeking treatment research occurred during 2008 in a Texas high school mental health clinic.
Lifting Boats Without Closing Gaps
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Despite national prosperity which improved health outcomes for urban children from 1992-2002, disparities between children in distressed versus non-distressed cities, and between Black versus White urban children, did not improve.
New Directions in Refugee Youth Mental Health Services
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Project SHIFA is a school-based mental health promotion program for Somali youth. The project uses school environments and parents, teachers and primary care physicians to introduce youth to the mental health services available to them.