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Characteristics of clients, staff interventions, and the continuum of care
Author(s) -
Wolkon George H.,
Peterson Carolyn L.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198007)8:3<256::aid-jcop2290080310>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , referral , ethnic group , medicine , family medicine , continuum of care , nursing , psychiatry , health care , sociology , anthropology , economics , economic growth
In two samples of over 200 consecutive referrals each from a psychiatric hospital to community agencies, client characteristics were generally unrelated to referral success but three staff interventions were related to completing referrals. It was concluded that known interventions are stronger predictors of successful referrals than patient characteristics. Staff telephone contacts with ethnic minorities were more successful in effecting referrals than with majority patients.