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Enhancing Cultural Competence

November 20, 2011 | Story

Projects in Brooklyn, N.Y., Chicago and Los Angeles developed culturally competent school-connected mental health services for immigrants and refugees under Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth.

Former Foster Child Provides Family-Focused Mental Health Services to the Underserved

October 8, 2009 | Story

Satira Streeter, is being honored for her efforts to deliver culturally relevant, family-focused mental health services to children and families living in the historically impoverished area of Anacostia and surrounding communities.

Connecting With Care in Low-Income Boston Neighborhoods

November 19, 2012 | Program Result

The Connecting With Care project of the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention demonstrated that it was economically feasible to bring full-time, mental-health clinicians to schools in the low-income Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester and Roxbury.

Continuing School-Connected Mental Health Services

November 20, 2011 | Story

Minneapolis, Imperial County, Calif., and Chatham County, N.C., sustained school-connected mental health services for immigrants and refugees started under Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth.

Increasing Understanding of Immigrant and Refugee Families

November 20, 2011 | Story

In Portland, Maine, Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth, helped social workers, case managers, and therapists provide school-connected mental health and related services to immigrants and refugees.

Predictors of Employment Status Among African Americans with Sickle Cell Disease

November 1, 2010 | Journal Article

Roughly half of the population that suffers from sickle cell disease (SCD) is unemployed. This study investigated psychosocial variables (demographic, illness perception, and psychological) associated with employment status among African-Americans with SCD.

An APHA Presentation: Addressing Racial Health Disparities with Culturally Competent Interventions Delivered from the African American Church

October 30, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

This week, I am part of a team that had the honor of being chosen to conduct a presentation on mental health in African American faith-based communities at the 140th Annual Meeting and Exposition for the American Public Health Association (APHA).

Stigma and Depression Treatment Utilization Among Latinos

May 5, 2011 | Journal Article

Stigma around depression affects Latino's interest in seeking treatment.

Indianapolis Project Reaches African Americans with Free HIV Testing and Support

February 10, 2007 | Program Result

The Ebenezer Baptist Church Dollars for Scholars created its Bridging the Gap Project to provide free HIV testing and counseling and care coordination to people living with HIV/AIDS.

Problem-Solving Skills Help Kids Build Self-Esteem and Steer Clear of Drugs

August 1, 1998 | Program Result

The Social Problem Solving Unit of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey expanded its social-skills-development and problem-solving program from fourth and fifth grades only to a schoolwide model for New Jersey elementary schools.

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