 tmaikk
|
 |
| Joined: 01 Feb 2005 |
| Total Posts: 49 |
| |
|
re: questions on the Initial visit form
Posted: 09 Feb 2005 10:51 AM |
| I am wondering how clients respond to all the questions regarding income, education level, parent's marital status etc. Are these questions that most centers using centerpiece are using on their intake forms? Is there any sense of these questions being more than information than clients need to give us? |
|
|
 |
|
cbirdwell
|
 |
|
| Joined: 08 Sep 2003 |
| Total Posts: 183 |
| |
|
Re: re: questions on the Initial visit form
Posted: 09 Feb 2005 11:42 AM |
Hi Terri,
The main purpose of the first two questions on the form (income and education level) is to gather statistical info. These statistics along with age, race, etc. can help in determining what your abortion-minded demographic looks like. Centers can choose to use this info in a number of different ways including advertising, programs you incorporate, and even the way you decorate the center.
As far as the third question: living arrangements - this is used more to help you determine who may be influencing your client's decision. If she is living with parents, then you know that they may have an influence on her decisions. In that case a client advocate may ask "what do you parents think of the pregnancy?" This again will help the client advocate in determining certain positive and negative influences.
I hope that helps!!
Carlye
|
 |
|
|
|
tmaikk
|
|
| Joined: 01 Feb 2005 |
| Total Posts: 49 |
| |
|
Re: re: questions on the Initial visit form
Posted: 09 Feb 2005 02:29 PM |
How has the response been from clients and from centers who have never used these questions before?
Does anyone use a disclaimer to let clients know that they don't have to fill it out if they feel uncomfortable telling us that?
|
|
|
|
|
cbirdwell
|
|
|
| Joined: 08 Sep 2003 |
| Total Posts: 183 |
| |
|
Re: re: questions on the Initial visit form
Posted: 09 Feb 2005 02:59 PM |
Humm... I'll have to let other centers reply to this one. We had been using the questions for a while, so we didn't have much negative response from our clients. We did however have the clients fill out the forms themselves, so if they didn't want to answer something they generally left it blank. I can see where it would be awkward if the volunteer advocate was asking the client all those questions.
As far as the disclaimer, we didn't have one, but if a client didn't fill out the information we didn't ask them to do so.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Re: re: questions on the Initial visit form
Posted: 09 Feb 2005 02:59 PM |
| This is the first time i have heard of this concern. I'm not sure what other centers are doing. However, you can always add a disclaimer to the form by customizing it in MS Word. |
|
|
|
|
tmaikk
|
|
| Joined: 01 Feb 2005 |
| Total Posts: 49 |
| |
|
Re: re: questions about education level
Posted: 17 Oct 2006 07:10 AM |
Brian,
In a couple of our centers we are seeing a lot of clients who are immigrants (mostly illegal) and many of them have not been educated at all. Could you add Elementary School and NONE to the drop down list for highest level of education completed? That would give us a more accurate picture than the choice of unknown which is what we have to use at this time. |
|
|
|
|
|
Re: re: questions about education level
Posted: 17 Oct 2006 07:15 AM |
| That makes sense. Will do. Thanks! |
|
|
|
|