Evaluating system fit with need: Mental health service utilization among the arabs in Israel

Alean Al-Krenawi

Evaluating system fit with need: Mental health service utilization among the arabs in Israel

Alean Al-Krenawi

Department of Social Work

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Abstract

National hospitalization records (1995, 1986, N = 15,698) reveal that Arab women utilize psychiatrie services less than Arab men. The exact reverse occurs among Jewish patients. Moreover, Arab patients significantly underutilize mental health services, compared to Jewish patients. Possible reasons for these utilization patterns include: Arab health care utilization patterns in general; the availability of mental health services in Arab communities; the influence ofthe “cultural�? over the “professional�? in Arab mental health utilization; the lack of Arab mental health practitioners; Arab attitudes towards mental health; and gendered role constructions within Arab society. Findings emphasize the need tor a policy of developing infrastructure and trained personnel that can provide services adapted to the special cultural characteristics of the Arab population. [Article copies available for afee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail addJ.ess:<[email protected]> Website: <http://wwwHaw0/1hPress.com>

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Social Work Health and Mental Health
Subtitle of host publication	Practice, Research and Programs
Editors	Alun C. Jackson, Steven P. Segal
Pages	577-589
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317788096
State	Published - 1 Jan 2014

Keywords

Arab
Cultural gap
Gender differences
Mental health utilization

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

General Medicine
General Social Sciences

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