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Data utilization for local mental health program development

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The importance of data collection and utilization for program development on the local level is emphasized, and a systematic approach to data collection for planning and evaluation of local mental health services is outlined. Examples of local programs in which such information has been employed are cited. Recommendations are made to facilitate the local planning function.

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  1. Anita K. Bahn Sc.D. (biostatistician epidemiologist, formerly Chief, Associate Professor of Biostatistics)

    Present address: Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Mental Health and Mental Retardation Planning Programs, Jackson, Miss.

    Dorothy N. Moore Ph.D. (psychologist, Coordinator)

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo

    Bernard L. Bloom Ph.D. (clinical psychologist, Professor)

  3. Division ofCommunity Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry in the School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City

    Sheldon Gaylin M.D. (physician, Chief Section Program Development)

  4. Yale University School of Medicine, NewHaven, Conn.

    Max Pepper M.D. (psychiatrist, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health)

  5. Western Conference on the Uses of Mental Health Data, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, Colo.

    Charles Pettus M.S. (statistician-sociologist, Co-Director)

  6. National Institute of Mental Health, Chevy Chase, Md.

    Ernest M. Willis Ph.D. (sociologist)

  7. Outpatient Studies Section, Office of Biometry, National Institute of Mental Health, Chevy Chase, Md.

    Anita K. Bahn Sc.D. (biostatistician epidemiologist, formerly Chief, Associate Professor of Biostatistics)

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Dr. Moore was Chairman and Dr. Bloom, Dr. Gaylin, Dr. Pepper and Mr. Pettus were members of an ad hoc Committee on Uses of Data for Planning of the Outpatient Advisory Committee, Office of Biometry, NIMH. The Committee wishes to thank Dr. Gwen Andrews, Dr. Carl Bramlette, Mr. Myles Cooper, Mrs. Shirley Hyashi and Dr. Harold Visotsky for their contribution in the early phases of this Committee's work.

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Moore, D.N., Bloom, B.L., Gaylin, S. et al. Data utilization for local mental health program development. Community Ment Health J 3, 30–32 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01543062

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