142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

Home Events & Meetings Annual Meeting Schedule & Program

Online Program

Annual Meeting Recordings are now available for purchase

315881
Mental Health, Equity and the Affordable Care Act

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 2:50 PM - 3:10 PM

Octavio Martinez Jr., MD, MPH, MBA , Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Mental health is an essential component of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and for achieving health equity.  Likewise is understanding cultural differences in achieving accountability as required by the ACA.  This session will highlight the multiple dimensions of accountability in the ACA.

Learning Areas:

Other professions or practice related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Describe the critical role for mental health in achieving health equity, using the Native American youth workshop as an example Explain the need to hear authentic voices through a health equity lens in the implementation of the ACA

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a member of the IOM Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities. I Co-authored the report “Enhancing the Delivery of Health Care: Eliminating Health Disparities through a Culturally & Linguistically Centered Integrated Health Care Approach.” I was principal investigator on the research that the report was based upon funded by the US DHHS’ Office of Minority Health and the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.
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.

Back to: 4298.0: The Other 'A' in the Affordable Care Act: Accountability in Achieving Health Equity