Title

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

Authors

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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