Journal article
Engaging African Americans in Therapy: Integrating a Public Policy and Family Therapy Perspective
Contemporary family therapy, v 30(1)
2008
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Abstract
The field of marriage and family therapy faces a growing imperative to reach historically underserved populations. African Americans are a prime example of a minority group in the United States that continues to be underserved by the current mental health system. We integrate Andersen’s (
1995
,
Journal of Health and Social behavior, 36
, 1–10) public policy model of health service use with Fox et al. (
1995
,
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 6
, 434–468) revision of the rural de facto mental health services model (Regier and Goldberg,
1978
,
Archives of General Psychiatry, 35
, 685–693) to develop a more inclusive and culturally sensitive framework that captures salient factors influencing African Americans’ entry into and engagement in therapy. Recommendations for overcoming barriers and suggestions for future research are presented.
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Details
- Title
- Engaging African Americans in Therapy: Integrating a Public Policy and Family Therapy Perspective
- Creators
- Maureen P. Davey - Drexel UniversityMarlene F. Watson - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Contemporary family therapy, v 30(1)
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Counseling and Family Therapy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000412532000004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-38349057850
- Other Identifier
- 991019168681204721
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