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Culturally Adapted Mental Health Interventions: A Meta-Analytic Review, Timothy B. Smith, Derek Griner
Culturally Adapted Mental Health Interventions: A Meta-Analytic Review, Timothy B. Smith, Derek Griner
Faculty Publications
There is a pressing need to enhance the availability and quality of mental health services provided to persons from historically disadvantaged racial and ethnic groups. Many previous authors have advocated that traditional mental health treatments be modified to better match clients? cultural contexts. Numerous studies evaluating culturally adapted interventions have appeared, and the present study used meta-analytic methodology to summarize these data. Across 76 studies the resulting random effects weighted average effect size was d = .45, indicating a moderately strong benefit of culturally adapted interventions. Interventions targeted to a specific cultural group were four times more effective than interventions …
National Survey Of Health And Well-Being Promotion Policies And Practices In Secondary Schools, John Ainley, Graeme Withers, Catherine Underwood, Tracey Frigo
National Survey Of Health And Well-Being Promotion Policies And Practices In Secondary Schools, John Ainley, Graeme Withers, Catherine Underwood, Tracey Frigo
Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
This report details the results of a survey of a nationally representative sample of secondary schools on matters concerned with health promotion and student well-being. Within the general area of health promotion and well-being the survey included information on school knowledge about and evidence of implementation of MindMatters.