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Research that Empowers: National Examples of Community and Stakeholder-Engaged Designs that Address Disparities

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Oral
Stakeholder-engaged research acknowledges that research often has a secondary effect as an intervention - and therefore requires intentional design. This session honors Lonnie Snowden PhD, Professor of the Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley, 2015 recipient of the Mental Health Section’s Steve Banks Award.
Session Objectives: Discuss the ACA's Medicaid expansion's implications for African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans unmet behavioral health care needs. Describe parent engagement in the context of a randomized control trial testing an intervention teaching activation skills to Latino mothers and children’s use of mental health services. Describe opportunities for increasing the effectiveness of Veterans Mental Health Councils within the Veterans Administration. Describe the Mental Health Impact Assessment process and how it impacts strategies for community engagement and stakeholder outcomes.
Moderator:
Mary Jane Alexander, PhD

4:30pm
Understanding the Medicaid Expansion's Potential Under the Affordable Care Act to Address the Unmet Behavioral Health Treatment Needs of Ethnic Minority Populations   
Lonnie Snowden, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording
4:50pm
Parent Engagement in a Comparative Effectiveness Study Examining Parent Activation and Mental Health Services for Latino Children   
Monica Perez Jolles, PhD and Kathleen Thomas, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
5:10pm
Mental Health Impact Assessment in Chicago:Using Community Engagement to Create Health Equity   
Tiffany McDowell, PhD and Nataka Moore, PsyD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
5:30pm
A Linguistically and Culturally Specific Web-based Deaf Depression Screener: Validity and Reliability   
Marjorie F. Goldstein, PhD, MPH, CHES, Elizabeth Eckhardt, LCSW, PhD, Patrice Creamer, MSW and Roberta S. Berry, MFA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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Organized by: Mental Health
Endorsed by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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