4217.0 Eliminating health and mental health disparities in access to care

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: 1) Discuss disparities in access to health care 2) Identify facilitators to health care access for under served populations 3) Define barriers to mental health care seeking behaviors
Moderator:

12:30pm
Increasing men's access to health services: A case management intervention at workforce development programs in Upper Manhattan
Bruce Armstrong, DSW, Debra Kalmuss, PhD, Chelsey Leruth, MPH, Jorge Gonzalez, LCSW, Edwin Zambrano and David L. Bell, MD, MPH
12:45pm
Barriers and facilitators to depression treatment completion among low-income, minority patients seeking care within a public emergency department
Anjanette Wells, PhD, MSW, Isabel Lagomasino, MD, MSHS, Diana Gonzalez, BA and Jeniffer Green, MSW

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Organized by: Social Work
Endorsed by: HIV/AIDS, Mental Health, Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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