Exploring the Relationship Between Race/Ethnicity,Age of First School-Based Services Utilization,and Age of First Specialty Mental Health Care for At-Risk Youth |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Patricia?A?WoodEmail author May?Yeh David?Pan Katina?M?Lambros Kristen?M?McCabe Richard?L?Hough |
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Institution: | (1) Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California;(2) San Diego State University, San Diego, California;(3) University of California, San Diego, California;(4) University of San Diego, San Diego;(5) Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, 3020 Children’s Way MC 5033, San Diego, California, 92123-4282 |
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Abstract: | This study investigated race/ethnic variations in age of entry into school-based services and specialty mental health outpatient services among 1552 high-risk youths served in a publicly funded system of care. Non-Hispanic White youths were more likely to receive school-based services as compared to ethnic minority groups, and to begin use at an earlier age. In addition, the earlier a child was identified for school-based services, the earlier the child first utilized specialty outpatient mental health services. Multiple regression models showed that inclusion of race/ethnicity as a predictor significantly increased the overall variance explained in the model predicting age of first school-based services, and both race/ethnicity and first use of school-based services increased the overall variance explained in the model predicting age of first specialty mental health outpatient service use. The results suggest that involvement in school-based services may play an important role in facilitating specialty outpatient mental health service use for youths. |
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Keywords: | school-based services race/ethnicity mental health outpatient utilization |
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