@article {3dabaead47cc410598ac96ac1c9b1720,
	title = {Service use and perceptions of service effectiveness by parents of individuals with intellectual disabilities: comparing Jewish and Arab Israeli parental caregivers},
	journal = {Journal of Intellectual Disability Research},
	volume = {63},
	number = {8},
	year = {2019},
	note = {Funding Information: This work was supported by the State of Lower-Saxony, Hannover, Germany, under grant number ZN 291. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 MENCAP and International Association of the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and John Wiley \& Sons Ltd},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {957{\textendash}968},
	publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd},
	abstract = {Background: The relationship between ethnicity, service use and perceptions of service effectiveness is inconclusive. This study examined differences in service use and perceptions of service effectiveness between Israeli Jewish (Jewish) and Israeli Arab (Arab) parental caregivers of individuals with intellectual disabilities and dual diagnosis of psychopathology. Methods: Parental caregivers (n~=~186) of individuals with intellectual disabilities or dual diagnosis, aged 10 to 30~years, completed a self-report questionnaire. Results: Arab parental caregivers perceived health services to be more accessible than did Jewish caregivers, but there was no difference between the two groups in the use of the services. Overall, greater enabling factors and accessibility were associated with higher use of education and social services. No differences were found between the groups in their perceptions of service effectiveness. Conclusion: Arab family caregivers use education and social services less than do their Jewish peers, possibly because they have fewer enabling resources. The finding that both groups reported similar use of health services may be explained by a shared perception that informal help may not be suitable for dealing with situations of psychopathology. The similar perceptions of service effectiveness may be explained by extensive services available in Israel, to the satisfaction of both groups, or by the fact that participants perceived these services as their only alternative, and therefore fear losing them.},
	keywords = {culture, Ethnicity, intellectual disabilities, service utilisation},
	issn = {0964-2633},
	doi = {10.1111/jir.12611},
	author = {S. Werner}
}
