| Title | Use of mental health services by American Indian and Alaska Native elders |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 1995 |
| Authors | Barney, DD |
| Book Title | Handbook on ethnicity, aging, and mental health |
| Pagination | 203-214 |
| Publisher | Greenwood Press/Greenwood Publishing Group; US |
| City | Westport, CT |
| ISBN Number | 0-313-28204-8 (Hardcover) |
| Accession Number | Book: 1995-97435-011 |
| Keywords | *Health Care Utilization, *Mental Health Services, *Prediction, American Indians, Health & Mental Health Services [3370], Human Adulthood (18 yrs & older) Aged (65 yrs & older), Inuit, prediction of mental health service utilization, American Indian & Alaska Native 55 yr olds & older |
| Abstract | (from the chapter) identify [patterns of] use [of mental health services] by examining factors that best predict mental health service use among urban and reservation American Indian and Alaska Native elders [65 yrs and older] data and variable selection for this chapter derive from the original OARS [Older American Resources and Services] data collected by NICOA [National Indian Council on Aging] in 1981 / data were collected over a 2 yr period on a total of 361 variables / a cluster-type probability sample of 712 older American Indians and Alaska Natives was selected / in the NICOA study, Indian/Native elders were administered [OARS] (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). |
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