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Schlenger WE, Etheridge RM, Hansen DJ, Fairbank DW. 1990. Final report, the CASSP initial cohort study, Vol. 1: Cross-site findings. Research Triangle Park, NC: Research Triangle Institute; Rockville, MD: National Institute of Mental Health, 100 pp.

Annotation: This report describes the results of the Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) Initial Cohort Study, in which ten states received funds from the National Institute of Mental Health for five years to set up a child- and family-centered system of flexible, adaptable mental health care. This study documents the experiences of the projects, their methods, problems, achievements, and plans, and attempts to devise a method to evaluate such projects.

Keywords: Affective disorders, Alabama, Alaska, Child mental health, Community based services, Demonstration programs, Evaluation, Experimental programs, Family centered care, Family centered services, Georgia, Hawaii, Health planning, Interagency cooperation, Kansas, Maine, Mental health programs, Mental health services, Mississippi, Needs assessment, New Jersey, Ohio, State mental health agencies, Wisconsin

Price B. 1957. School health services: A selective review of evaluative studies. Washington, DC: U.S. Children's Bureau, 149 pp. (Children's Bureau publication; no. 362)

Annotation: This report is a critical review of evaluative studies of school health services. The period covered begins with literature from the mid-1800's and extends into the 1950's. Almost all of the studies reviewed concern health services in elementary schools. Topics discussed include the use of statistics as criteria for evaluating programs; survey findings; the use of expert judgment; evaluative studies based on examination of school health services' clients, i.e., school children; and experimental research methods. This report includes references. It is a publication of the U.S. Children's Bureau.

Keywords: Experimental programs, Health statistics, Program evaluation, Quantitative evaluations, Research, Research reviews, School health services

Stone SA, Castendyck E, Hanson HB. 1946. Children in the community: The St. Paul experiment in child welfare. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 182 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 317)
   

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