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“What Works” in Mental Health Prevention and Early Intervention: California's comprehensive effort to improve student mental health, prevent suicides, and reduce the stigma of mental illness
Passed by voters in 2004, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA; formerly Proposition 63) dedicated $160 million over a three-year period to transform California’s mental health care from a fail-first to a help-first system. These funds are administered by the California Mental Health Services Authority, a joint-powers association of county governments and fund a statewide initiative that tests social marketing and direct service interventions aimed at the individual, community, and institutional levels.
The focus of this presentation is the design of this Statewide intiative, including its product matrix, implementation framework, oversight function and evaluation design.
Learning Areas:
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practiceImplementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Learning Objectives:
Describe the framework for the prevention and early intervention initiatives.
Describe mental health prevention and early intervention program tools and resources that are available to communities free of charge.
Describe how mental health prevention and early intervention initiatives have impacted relevant short-term outcomes.
Keyword(s): Mental Health, Prevention
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I earned my Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. I have 25 years with the San Francisco Health Department, 15 years as Director of the Substance Abuse Division, 10 years as Assistant Director of Mental Health Programs, and 12 years as Director of the Behavioral Health Bureau of the Monterey County Health Department. I have been Principal Investigator and co-researcher on 15 state and federal Health and Human Services (HHS) program grants.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.