10.2190/20HF-0NU6-8F1K-3H0C 20HF0NU68F1K3H0C 5 SELF-HELP AND MUTUAL AID GROUPS AS FACTORS IN PREVENTION 5 20 20030929 20030929 20030929 20030929 20HF0NU68F1K3H0C.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=20HF0NU68F1K3H0C 1 ALFRED H. KATZ The public health model of prevention is used in examining the significance of mutual aid self-help groups as a resource in preventing physical/ mental-social disorders. The status of such groups in the United States and elsewhere is reviewed along with research data and theory that seeks to analyze and account for their effects. Examples of their possible utilization at critical stages of the life-cycle are presented and discussed, followed by implications for human service professionals and programs. C. Colombotos, Preventive Medicine, USA, Fogarty International Center and American College of Preventive Medicine, Prodist, New York, p. 37, 1976. A. H. Katz and E. Bender, The Strength in Us: Self-Help Groups in the Modern World, New Viewpoints, New York, 1976. N. Bryant, Self-Help and Perinatal Health, National Association of Perinatal Social Workers, Memphis, High Hopes, 3, p. 3, 1983. P. Van Harberden and R. Lafaille, Zelf-hulp, Vuga, Gravenhage, 1978. J. Cassel, The Social Environment as a Factor in Host Resistance, American Journal of Epidemiology, 104:2, pp. 107-123, 1976. R. Caplan, Social Support, Person-Environment Fit and Coping, in Mental Health and the Economy, L. Ferman and J. Gordus (eds.), Upjohn, Kalamazoo, 1979. S. Gore, The Effect of Social Support in Moderating the Health Consequences of Unemployment, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 19, pp. 157-165, 1978. L. Berkman and L. Syme, Social Networks, Host Resistance and Mortality, American Journal of Epidemiology, 109, pp. 186-204, 1979. President's Commission on Mental Health, V. II Appendix, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1978. R. Costello, Teen Age Rap Groups, Social Policy, 7:2, 1976. R. Coombs and F. Fawzy, Adolescent Drug Use: Patterns and Problems of Users and Abstainers, in Alcohol and Drug Use in Special Populations, B. Forest (ed.), Wadsworth, Monterey, California, 1985. D. Harveston, H. Kirshbaum, and A. Katz, Independent Living for the Disabled, Social Policy, 7:2, 1976. Annual Report, Human Services Center Stress Counseling Program, 12/30/83. The Suicide Prevention Center of Los Angeles, Mimeod, 17 pp. Proceedings, Conference on Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Promotion/ Prevention at the Worksite, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., 1982. R. Butler, J. Gertman, D. Oberlander, and L. Schindler, Self-Care, Self-Help and the Elderly, International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 10:1, pp. 95-119, 1979-80. A. Antonovsky, Health, Stress and Coping, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1979. K. Minde, N. Shosenberg, and P. Marton, Self-Help Groups in a Premature Nurs ery--A Controlled Evaluation, presented at the National Conference of Social Welfare, 1975. J. Lipson, Effects of a Support Group on the Emotional Impact of Caeserean Childbirth, Prevention in Human Services, 3:17, pp. 17-20, 1982. A. Katz, Parents of the Handicapped, Chas. C. Thomas, Springfield, 1961. A. Hayden and N. Haring, Early Intervention for High Risk Infants & Young Children: Programs for Down's Syndrome Children, in Intervention Strategies for High Risk Infants & Young Children, T. Tjossem (ed.), University Park Press, Baltimore, pp. 573-608, 1976. P. Jones, Living with Hemophilia, F. A. Davis, Philadelphia, 1982. T. Creer, Asthma: Psychologic Aspects and Management, in Allergy Principles and Practices, E. Middleton, C. Reed, and E. Ellis (eds.), C. Mosby, St. Louis, 1978. D. Robinson and S. Henry, Self-Help and Health, Martin Robertson, London, 1978.