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Trends In Health Care Expenditures, Maine 1974-1978, Bruce Armstrong
Trends In Health Care Expenditures, Maine 1974-1978, Bruce Armstrong
Maine Collection
Trends in Health Care Expenditures, Maine 1974-1978
by Bruce Armstrong, Research Consultant
Maine Department of Human Services, Bureau of Health Planning and Development, Division of Data and Research, Augusta, Maine (August 1981).
Contents: Preface / Highlights / List of Tables and Figures / Yearly Tables / Trend Illustrations and Tabular Descriptions
Factorial Structure Of The Hamilton Rating Scale For Depression, Kevin Page O'Brien
Factorial Structure Of The Hamilton Rating Scale For Depression, Kevin Page O'Brien
Dissertations and Theses
The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRS), a 17-item observer-rated scale, was first developed in 1960 to assess the severity of depressive symptomatology in patients diagnosed as suffering from depression. The HRS has since demonstrated high inter-rater reliability (with coefficients ranging from .87 to .94), and has proven useful in measuring changes of severity following treatment.
Since its development, the HRS has been the focus of several factor analytic investigations, four of which attempted to assess the instrument for factorial invariance. Factorial invariance refers to the generalizability or applicability of dimensions developed from one sample to another. While some consensus …
Benefits For The Disabled: How Beneficial For Women?, Elizabeth Ann Kutza
Benefits For The Disabled: How Beneficial For Women?, Elizabeth Ann Kutza
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The social and economic consequence of disability is of increasing interest in American society today. The numbers of persons reporting disabling conditions is rising, as is the number of persons qualifying for public disability benefits. This article examines the impact of current United States disability policy on disabled women, and concludes that the major programs - disability insurance, supplemental security income, workers' compensation, vocational rehabilitation - because of their relationship to labor market participation, disadvantage women. Women not only receive fewer, but less generous benefits. Explanations of this outcome, and implications for future policy are addressed.
The Self Disclosure Of Clinical Social Workers, Herman Borenzweig
The Self Disclosure Of Clinical Social Workers, Herman Borenzweig
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
My interest in this study arose from what I believed to be the discrepancy between the conventional wisdom about self disclosure and its occurrence in the practice of clinical social work. Bradmiller'sI study, one of the few studies about self disclosure in the practice of social work, found that persons with masters degrees in social work (MSW's) disclose significantly more to their colleagues than do undergraduate social work majors. The MSW's in Bradmiller's study self disclosed to clients at a lesser rate than they did to other target persons. Bradmiller2 interprets her study, " ...... most simply as an indication …
Women And Chronic Renal Failure: Some Neglected Issues, Nancy G. Kutner, Heather L. Gray
Women And Chronic Renal Failure: Some Neglected Issues, Nancy G. Kutner, Heather L. Gray
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
It has been assumed until recently that chronic renal failure is more prevalent among men than among women, but data now indicate that at least half of all renal patients are women. The literature continues to focus on adjustment problems of male patients, especially sexual adjustment and job-loss problems, and to assume that women can adjust more easily because of their ability to maintain the homemaker role. However, women patients whose work status is that of homemaker are found to have the highest depression scores, and job loss results in low satisfaction for those who have held meaningful outside jobs. …
A Peer Counseling Training Program For Disabled Women: A Tool For Social And Individual Change, Marsha Saxton
A Peer Counseling Training Program For Disabled Women: A Tool For Social And Individual Change, Marsha Saxton
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This article presents a description of a successful peer counseling training program for disabled women, offered in a community-based self help organization. The program provides both training in peer counseling skills, and a personal growth experience. It was carried out in a group context specifically designed for the needs of women with disabilities. The counseling approach, the training format and curriculum, and the evaluation procedures can all serve as a basis for agencies interested in developing similar programs.
Toward A Model Of Factors Influencing The Hiring Of Women With A History Of Breast Cancer, Nancy Mccharen, Jo Anne L. Earp
Toward A Model Of Factors Influencing The Hiring Of Women With A History Of Breast Cancer, Nancy Mccharen, Jo Anne L. Earp
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Whether surgical treatment for cancer which results in the removal of an external part of the body is viewed by employers as a medical disability that interferes with the performance of job-related functions, or fits a more stereotypic definition of a physical handicap that might even prevent an employee from being hired, has not been adequately studied. To identify factors which influence employers' decisions to hire women who have had breast cancer, a model of factors influencing the decision to hire was developed. A random sample of personnel directors from an industrialized North Carolina county was surveyed. A majority had …
A Description And Evaluation Of The Self-Help Information Service, Cathy Tuma, John Wadsworth
A Description And Evaluation Of The Self-Help Information Service, Cathy Tuma, John Wadsworth
Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Self-Help Information Service (SIS) and to obtain information necessary for the improvement of the service. The study also described the development and operation of SIS and assessed the use and effect of the service. The evaluation of SIS was based on initial global utilization data and the results of participant satisfaction surveys targeted at four distinct groups: (1) Self-Help Project staff, (2) Tri-County Information and Referral Service staff, (3) self-help groups, and (4) callers of the service (potential members of self-help groups). The Self-Help Project and Tri-County I …
The Relevance Of Social Isolation To The Community Tenure Of Former Mental Patients, Sue Ellen Hargadon
The Relevance Of Social Isolation To The Community Tenure Of Former Mental Patients, Sue Ellen Hargadon
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Sociological Contributions To The Community Mental Health Movement: A Reformulation, Richard Drury Morrison
Sociological Contributions To The Community Mental Health Movement: A Reformulation, Richard Drury Morrison
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Success Expectancy In Depressives, Marilyn Frances Barnowe-Meyer
Success Expectancy In Depressives, Marilyn Frances Barnowe-Meyer
Dissertations and Theses
This thesis was an attempt to investigate two important cognitive aspects of depression: expectation of success, and changes in this expectation. Recent studies in these areas have yielded inconsistent results. It has generally been concluded that subclinical depressives do not differ from nondepressives in initial expectation of success, though they do at times exhibit smaller changes in success expectancy following personal experiences of success or failure. Two main cognitive theories of depression have attempted to account for this difference between the two populations. Beck (1967) has proposed that depression results from specific negative cognitive processes, among them a denial of …
External Versus Internal Locus Of Control In Longterm Drug Abusers, Heidi Knipe
External Versus Internal Locus Of Control In Longterm Drug Abusers, Heidi Knipe
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
The Portland, Oregon Asap : An Evaluation Of Treatment Effectiveness, Joan M. Wildebush Berry, Stefani K. Cuda, Judi L. Edwards, Mary E. Ericson, Emilie Ford Frisbee, Steve Ernest Hand, Mary Anne Hannibal, Laurel M. Myers, Sharon Lee Perry, Loree Richards, Barbara Burns Schmidtke, Stephen Walker Voris, Barbara M. Westby
The Portland, Oregon Asap : An Evaluation Of Treatment Effectiveness, Joan M. Wildebush Berry, Stefani K. Cuda, Judi L. Edwards, Mary E. Ericson, Emilie Ford Frisbee, Steve Ernest Hand, Mary Anne Hannibal, Laurel M. Myers, Sharon Lee Perry, Loree Richards, Barbara Burns Schmidtke, Stephen Walker Voris, Barbara M. Westby
Dissertations and Theses
The Alcohol Safety Action Program (ASAP), in accordance with its goals and directives, determined, in 1980, the need for an evaluation of its services. In response to that need, the present study was conducted between April and October, 1980.
The initial step in this evaluation is a review of the relevant literature. The review includes literature in the areas of: treatment evaluation methodology, follow-up studies of alcohol treatment, and management of drunken drivers. In addition, the history and current organization of the Portland ASAP are discussed.
The study employs a one group pretest-posttest design and utilizes the Oregon Quality of …
Mental Health Status Of Vietnamese Refugees In Utah County, Utah, David A. Acree
Mental Health Status Of Vietnamese Refugees In Utah County, Utah, David A. Acree
Theses and Dissertations
This study attempted to measure mental health status of Vietnamese refugees in Utah County, Utah. The test instrument used was the Cornell Medical Index (CMI). Two subproblems were considered: First, to see if refugee complaints on the CMI were predominantly physiological or psychological. Second, to see if there was a relationship between CMI scores and a related list of demographic variables.
Results showed the mean CMI score for the sample under study was well above the suggested score indicative of possible psychological dysfunction. For 80% of participants, psychological complaints were predominant over physical complaints. The only variables showing a relationship …
Work Personality As A Factor In Evaluating The Work Potential Of The Mentally Retarded, Janet L. Scally
Work Personality As A Factor In Evaluating The Work Potential Of The Mentally Retarded, Janet L. Scally
Dissertations and Theses
This thesis focused on the development of a Work Personality Scale and the systematic study of how this aspect of the mentally retarded person is related to his or her intelligence and dexterity skill level.