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Public Awareness Campaign
The California Care 4 Kids Coalition
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Theme:
Be a Friend of MIND ….. Start Early™
Mission:
The California Care 4 Kids Coalition is a Statewide, grassroots advocacy
group building public awareness for the promotion of early detection and
intervention for the for the mental well-being of children and youth.
Achieving the Vision: Goals of
the Coalition
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Raise Awareness, Knowledge and Understanding of
children’s mental health to reduce stigma and discrimination.
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Ensure that families have access to a full
spectrum of needed services by partnership with the Medical,
Juvenile Justice and Education Community.
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Promote the socio-economic benefits of early
detection and intervention
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The Facts:
California’s Unmet Need
Mental Illness in Elementary School-Age Children
A retrospective analysis was conducted in 1992 (updated in 1999) of
hospitalization discharge data to determine the incidence of mental
illness hospitalizations in elementary school-age children 6-12 years
old.
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Mental Illness accounts for 81% of hospitalizations and 28% of
hospitalizations days for 6-12 year old
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Hospitalization charges for children with mental illness totaled
$85,000,000 for 6-12 olds.
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Boys had a higher risk of mental illness hospitalizations than
girls
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Latino children had a lower risk of mental illness
hospitalizations reflecting the lack of treatment.
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Children with mental illness hospitalized one time:
68.1 % White
71.5 % White
12.7 % African American
13 % Latino
2.4 % Asian
.04 % Other
Inpatient hospitalization for the treatment of
childhood mental illnesses is generally limited to children who are
unsafe or acutely disturbed…….. A FAIL FIRST SYSTEM APPROACH |
