Survey of Referral Activities of Agencies Serving Adolescents

• NCJ Number: 115578
• Journal: Adolescence Volume: 23 Issue: 92 Dated: (Winter 1988) Pages: 847-862
• Author(s): J Reis; S Bennett; E Herz; J Gehm
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 16 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

The referral activities of 373 agencies (38.4 percent of the sample originally polled) are presented with regard to health care, educational, and social services for teenagers residing in a midwestern metropolitan area.

Abstract

Approximately 66 percent of the responding agencies receive referrals from without and 87 percent make referrals to other organizations, with counseling and psychiatry, family planning, and general medical care being the most commonly sought services. Social service agencies had the highest volume of referrals and hospitals the lowest. The results of the survey are discussed in terms of the official recommendations made for coordinated services for teenagers, predicted cutbacks in preventive services, and the special needs of adolescents. (Author abstract)