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Contextual Predictors of Mental Health Service Use Among Children Opento Child Welfare

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Hurlburt, Michael S., Leslie, Laurel K., Landsverk, John, Barth, Richard P., Burns, Barbara J., Gibbons, Robert D., Slymen, Donald J., Zhang, Jinjin·2004·Archives of General Psychiatry
DOI 10.1001/archpsyc.61.12.1217PMC PMC1994919
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BACKGROUND: Children involved with child welfare systems are at high risk for emotional and behavioral problems. Many children with identified mental health problems do not receive care, especially ethnic/minority children. OBJECTIVE: To examine how patterns of specialty mental health service use among children involved with child welfare vary as a function of the degree of coordination between local child welfare and mental health agencies. DESIGN: Specialty mental health service use for 1 year after contact with child welfare was examined in a nationally representative cohort of children aged 2 to 14 years. Predictors of service use were modeled at the child/family and agency/county levels. Child- and agency-level data were collected between October 15, 1999, and April 30, 2001. SETTING: Ninety-seven US counties. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 2823 child welfare cases (multiple informants) from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being and agency-level key informants from the participating counties. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Specialty mental health service use during the year after contact with the child welfare system. RESULTS: Only 28.3% of children received specialty mental health services during the year, although 42.4% had clinical-level Child Behavior Checklist scores. Out-of-home placement, age, and race/ethnicity were strong predictors of service use rates, even after controlling for Child Behavior Checklist scores. Increased coordination between local child welfare and mental health agencies was associated with stronger relationships between Child Behavior Checklist scores and service use and decreased differences in rates of service use between white and African American children. CONCLUSIONS: Younger children and those remaining in their homes could benefit from increased specialty mental health services. They have disproportionately low rates of service use, despite high levels of need. Increases in interagency coordination may lead to more efficient allocation of service resources to children with the greatest need and to decreased racial/ethnic disparities.

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Authors
Hurlburt, M. S., Leslie, L. K., Landsverk, J., Barth, R. P., Burns, B. J., Gibbons, R. D., Slymen, D. J., & Zhang, J.
Affiliations
Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego (US)
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Venue
Archives of General Psychiatry
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Published
2004-12-01
Volume
61
Issue
12
Pages
1217
ISSN
0003-990X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1001/archpsyc.61.12.1217
PMC
PMC1994919
OpenAlex
W2101694602
Cited by
288
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29
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FWCI
23.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Archives of General Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH059672, MH59672-02, K08MH064816)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Social Sciences › Public Administration › Social Work Education and Practice
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Keywords
child welfare, mental health service utilization, inter-agency coordination, racial and ethnic disparities, out-of-home placement, child behavior problems, Child Behavior Checklist, specialty mental health services, foster children
MeSH terms
Affective Symptoms, Black or African American, Child, Child Abuse, Child Behavior Disorders, Child Health Services, Child Welfare, Child, Abandoned, Child, Preschool, Community Mental Health Services, Female, Foster Home Care, Humans, Insurance, Health, Male, Poverty Areas, Probability, Referral and Consultation, United States, Multivariate Analysis, White People

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