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ArticleAdministration and policy in mental health2010

One size does not fit all: taking diversity, culture and context seriously.

Margarita Alegria, Marc Atkins, Elizabeth Farmer, Elaine Slaton, Wayne Stelk

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Article in Administration and policy in mental health, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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54citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 216 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Margarita AlegriaCenter for Multicultural Mental Health Research, Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School, 120 Beacon Street, Somerville, MA 02143, USA. malegria@charesearch.org
Marc Atkins
Elizabeth Farmer
Elaine Slaton
Wayne Stelk
Cambridge Health Alliance · USMassachusetts Health Quality Partners · USNational Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health · USPennsylvania State University · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

UPR-CHA Research Center of Excellence: Making a Difference for Latino HealthP60MD002261 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MED SCIENCES · PI MCGUIRE, THOMAS G. · 2007 to 2011
$8.7M
Project 1: Improving Clinical Assessment of Diagnosis for Latinos (261-295)P50MH073469 · NIMH · CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE · PI ALEGRIA, MARGARITA · 2005 to 2009
$4.6M
NIMHD NIH HHS P60 MD002261NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH073469
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evidence suggests that the current mental health system is failing in the provision of quality mental health care for diverse children and families. This paper discusses one critical domain missing to improve care: serious attention given to diversity, culture, and context. It discusses what we mean by understanding culture and context at the individual, family, organizational, and societal level. Focusing on key predictors of children's adjustment in natural contexts would increase attention to building community and family capacities that strengthen children's mental health. To conclude, we suggest changes in organizational culture to build natural supports to enhance children's mental health.

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Cross-Cultural ComparisonCultural DiversityAdolescentAdolescent Health ServicesChildChild Health ServicesCommunity Mental Health ServicesCultural CompetencyHealth Services ResearchHumansSocial AdjustmentUnited States

Identifiers

PMID20165910
PMCPMC2874609
OpenAlexW1966716513

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