The aim of this study was to develop methods for parent-driven research by involving parents of children with severe emotional and behavioral disorders in the process of conceptualizing and evaluating mental health service needs. A parent team consisting of three service recipients in Louisiana Office of Mental Health Region 1 was employed to work integrally with the principal researcher through all phases of the study. With the parent team leading the process, qualitative focus group data were gathered. With this data, the team worked collaboratively with the principal researcher to generate items for a new survey to assess service needs. Using the strengths perspective, ecological model and constructivist principles to guide the ethos and methods for working with and training the parent team, the Service-Needs-Utilization-Gaps Survey (S.N.U.G.) was developed. The parent team field tested the survey by gathering data from 60 parent respondents whose children use state mental health services at several clinics in Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes in Louisiana. The findings from this study offer some preliminary information to support the reliability and validity of the S.N.U.G. survey. Recommendations for further development of both the methods for parent-driven evaluation and of the S.N.U.G. survey are made. Implications for social work practice and research are discussed / acase@tulane.edu
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TULANE/oai:http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/:tulane_26503 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Contributors | Andonian, Jeanette Marie (Author), Swan, Raymond (Thesis advisor) |
| Publisher | Tulane University |
| Source Sets | Tulane University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | Access requires a license to the Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) database., Copyright is in accordance with U.S. Copyright law |
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