title: Evaluation of partner collaboration to improve community-based mental health services for low-income minority children and their families.
abstract: This paper describes a mixed methods evaluation of partner agency collaboration within a system of care implemented from 2010 to 2012 in a historically underserved minority community in Houston, Texas. The first section describes the project and the framework for evaluating partner agency collaboration. The second section describes the evaluation methods and presents the baseline and follow-up results of the evaluation. The third section includes a discussion of the evaluation findings, the conclusion, and the lessons learned.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Psychiatry, United States. Electronic address: jane.e.hamilton@uth.tmc.edu.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, United States.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Begley
authors.affiliation: Research and Evaluation Services of Texas, United States.
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Culler
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005190:Family; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008913:Minority Groups; D011203:Poverty; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013781:Texas
keywords: Collaboration; Health disparities; Mental health services; Program evaluation; Systems of care