Assessing the psychosocial and academic needs of latino youth to inform the development of school-based programs

Behavior Modification

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 579-595

  Acosta, Olga M ^a,b   Weist, Mark D ^a   Lopez, Fernando A ^a   Shafer, Micheal E ^a,c   Pizarro, L Josefina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept Mental Hlth Dist of Columbia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Latino; Mental health; Needs assessment; School based approaches

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIGRATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENT DROPOUTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544272535     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445503259499     Document Type: Review

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