3053.0 Disparities in access to mental health services

Monday, November 8, 2010: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This session sensitizes the audience to various aspects of disparity in access to care as well as identifying important strategies to overcome those disparities.
Session Objectives: Identify various disparities that exist in access to mental health services. Describe methods to assess organizational readiness to change. Discuss implications of actions to address disparities in access to mental health care.
Moderator:
Ami Garry, MSW

8:30am
Addressing disparities in access to behavioral healthcare for deaf and hard of hearing persons; Innovation and success in strategic planning
Cliff Moers, Jewlya Lynn, PhD and (Ric) Richard Durity
     
8:45am
Addressing disparities in access to behavioral health services to deaf or hard of hearing Coloradans: Assessment of provider capacity and readiness for training and technical assistance
Jewlya Lynn, PhD, Anita Saranga Coen, MSW, LCSW, (Ric) Richard Durity and Mary Sterritt, MSW, LCSW
     
9:00am
A California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) study of children's mental health services
Jim E. Banta, PhD, MPH, Mark G. Haviland, PhD, Crystal Denmon and Sigrid James, MSW, PhD
9:15am
Linking Adult Intimate Partner Violence in California with Children's Emotional and Behavioral Functioning
Elaine Zahnd, PhD, May Aydin, PhD, David Grant, PhD and Sue Holtby, MPH
        
9:30am
Sexual orientation, discrimination, and prevalence of 12 month major depression
Susan D. Cochran, PhD, MS and Vickie M. Mays, PhD, MSPH

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

Organized by: Mental Health
Endorsed by: Caucus on Homelessness, Social Work

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

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