The safe project: Community-driven partnerships in health, mental health, and education to prevent early school failure

    Authors

    D. L. Poole

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Health Soc. Work

    Keywords

    community organization; health; mental health; prevention; school; failure; SERVICES; CHILDREN; PROGRAM; THERAPY; FAMILY; Social Work

    Abstract

    This article presents a case study of an innovative school-based health and mental health project that prevents early school failure in one county in Oklahoma. Success is attributed to social work development of broad-based partnerships involving families, schools, communities, and public policy officials. Citizen-driven, these partnerships have meshed previously fixed institutional boundaries in health, mental health, and education to prevent early school failure. The article describes school-family partnerships that form the care of the project's service intervention model. Statistics on service activities and outcomes are presented, along with a discussion of lessons learned for implementation of the project.

    Journal Title

    Health & Social Work

    Volume

    22

    Issue/Number

    4

    Publication Date

    1-1-1997

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    282

    Last Page

    289

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1997YK21500006

    ISSN

    0360-7283

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