Help seeking and receiving in urban ethnic neighborhoods: strategies for empowerment.
This paper presents findings from a National Institute of Mental Health funded research and demonstration effort aimed at addressing impediments to seeking and receiving help in two white ethnic communities. A community mental health empowerment model was developed and implemented in the target communities over a four year period. This model succeeded in building upon the strengths of individuals and neighborhoods to help overcome help seeking and receiving obstacles. Mechanisms were developed through a variety of means to enhance the ability of lay and professional helpers to interact and work with each other.
D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D003256:Community Participation; D005006:Ethnicity; D005858:Germany / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011044:Poland / Q000208:ethnology; D011593:Psychology, Social; D012944:Social Support; D014505:Urban Population; D014922:Wisconsin