Building a model to understand youth service access: The gateway provider model

Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 189-198

  Stiffman, Arlene Rubin ^a   Pescosolido, Bernice ^b   Cabassa, Leopoldo J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Providers; Service access; Service theory; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PARENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TEACHER; THEORY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DECISION THEORY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6044260180     PISSN: 15223434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MHSR.0000044745.09952.33     Document Type: Article

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