Year: 2011
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the substance use services provided to juvenile offenders in juvenile justice affiliated facilities. The current status of substance use services was evaluated by using the Precaution Adoption Process Model. Perceived barriers and benefits to providing substance use services to juvenile offenders were evaluated by using the Health Belief Model. This study also examined the non-substance use services provided to juvenile offenders. A sample of 540 facility directors of juvenile justice affiliated facilities was randomly selected from a population of 897 facility directors. These 540 directors were broken into the three groups by the gender of clients they served: 218 coed facilities, 217 male-only facilities, and 105 female-only facilities. A 31-item survey was sent to the directors using a three-wave mailing process and by email. The directors returned 287 completed surveys for a response rate of 53.1 % (287/540). The majority of juvenile justice affiliated facilities (79.4%) were in the
Author: Michael Wiblishauser
Institution: University of Toledo
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W134069291