1. Regina Bussing, MD, MSHS, is an associate professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology and Health Policy, and an associate training director for the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Her research has addressed the impact of chronic childhood conditions on children and their families. Address: Regina Bussing, Box 100177 UFHC, Gainesville, FL 32610–0177.
2. Nancy E. Schoenberg, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Departments of Behavioral Science, Anthropology, and Internal Medicine at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. A medical anthropologist, her research explores (a) the connection between health beliefs/explanatory models of chronic illness and health behavior, and (b) the provision of culturally appropriate health-care services to various populations, including rural residents, elders, and African Americans.
3. Kenneth M. Rogers, MD, MSHS, is an instructor of psychiatry at the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. He is presently a scholar in the UCLA faculty scholar program for mental health services research.
4. Bonnie T. Zima, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor-in-residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science at the University of California at Los Angeles. She is the director of training for the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the associate training director of the UCLA faculty scholar program for mental health services research.
5. Sherwin Angus, BS, is a third-year medical student at the University of Florida. He was awarded a Comer Minority Research Fellowship from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to participate in this study.