4294.0 Mental Health Promotion/Disorder Prevention

Tuesday, October 28, 2008: 2:30 PM
Oral
This session will feature national leaders in the field of prevention of behavioral health disorders.
Session Objectives: Learners will be able to discuss factors that can facilitate/impede community outreach efforts, describe a framework for evaluating community outreach efforts, discuss strategies for engaging community stakeholders, and identify 2-3 potential sectors outside of the mental health field with which to collaborate in creating momentum for a primary prevention approach to behavioral health issues.
Moderator:
Jessica Pollard, PhD

2:30 PM
SESSION ABSTRACT - Community Outreach and Education Efforts of a National Demonstration Project Designed to Prevent the Onset of Severe Mental Illness
Brenda Joly, PhD, MPH
2:45 PM
Community Outreach and Training Efforts Designed to Increase Referrals to a Research Treatment Program: A Model for Replication Across Sites
Anita Ruff, MPH, CHES
  
3:00 PM
Implementing a Community Outreach and Training Model: Facilitating Factors, Barriers and Lessons Learned
Elizabeth Spring, RN, BSN, MS and Karen Milner, MD
3:15 PM
An Evaluation of Community Outreach and Training Efforts: Experiences from a National Multi-Site Project
Brenda Joly, PhD, MPH, Kimberly Pukstas, PhD, Martha Elbaum Williamson, MPA and Prashant Mittal, MS,MSc
3:30 PM
A Framework for Mental Health Prevention and Early Intervention: A Primary Prevention Approach
Rachel Davis, MSW and Linda M. Shak, MSW
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Mental Health
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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