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ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2018

Reaching Out for Help: An Analysis of the Differences Between Refugees Who Accept and Those Who Decline Community Mental Health Services.

Jennifer L Ballard-Kang, Thomas R Lawson, Jane Evans

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Article in Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors.

Jennifer L Ballard-KangPatterson Hall, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA. jlball11@louisville.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8192-279X
Thomas R LawsonPatterson Hall, Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA.
Jane EvansKentucky Refugee Ministries, Louisville, KY, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2012, clinics in Louisville, Kentucky began to use the RHS-15 to screen for mental health issues among refugees. At the same time, mental health outreach programs were developed and implemented by the Mental Health Coordinator. Data from 563 refugee clients referred to the Mental Health Coordinator from 2012 to 2015 was analyzed to examine differences between refugees who accepted referral to community mental health services and those who declined on the variables age, gender, country of origin, time in the U.S., and referral source. Results indicate significant differences with regard to time in the U.S. and referral source. Those more likely to accept services included refugees in the U.S. more than 240 days and those referred by non-clinic sources. Findings improve our understanding of the characteristics of refugees who accept and decline mental health services and support the value of both formal screening and community outreach programs.

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AdultAge FactorsCommunity Mental Health ServicesFemaleHumansKentuckyMaleMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CareReferral and ConsultationRefugeesSex FactorsTime FactorsMental healthOutreachRefugee/sScreeningService utilization

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