PROSPER (PROmoting School-Community-University Partnerships to Enhance Resilience) is an evidence-based program delivery system that was developed to test the feasibility of using small strategic teams to facilitate the delivery of other evidence-based programs in rural communities. The original randomized controlled PROSPER evaluation study began in 2001, with approximately 11,000 participating youth and their parents from […]
Education
Breaking the Silence: An Epidemiological Report on Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth Mental Health and Suicide (1999–2021)
Limited studies have focused on recent trends in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) youth suicide. This study aimed to evaluate epidemiological trends in AAPI youth suicide and reports of depressive symptoms among Asian and Pacific Islander youth in the USA. This cross-sectional study analyzed mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control Wide-Ranging Online […]
Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid is an early intervention education program that teaches the public how to assist someone experiencing a behavioral health crisis. Mental Health First Aid teaches the skills needed to identify, understand, and respond to individuals who may be experiencing signs of a mental illness or substance use disorder. Mental Health First Aid […]
I Got You: Healthy Life Choices for Teens
The “I Got You: Healthy Life Choices for Teens” (IGU) program was created in 2012 by Central Mississippi Residential Center to provide mental health education for students in rural east central Mississippi. Its design was also geared to decreasing behavior-related office discipline referrals in schools and provide general education about mental health and well-being. The […]
Advancing Racial Equity in Early Childhood Through Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
Early childhood is a time of unparalleled developmental promise but also of vulnerability. Nurturing caregiving and enriching environments can pave the way for healthy development of a child’s social and emotional skills, which are the building blocks for their lifelong well-being and learning. All too often, young children who are Black, Latine, and Indigenous receive […]
Nurse Navigator and Recovery Specialist Outreach Program
Western Pennsylvania has experienced an epidemic of heroin and opioid abuse in the past 8-10 years. According to 2020 CDC data, Pennsylvania had the eighth-highest drug overdose mortality rate in the U.S. A consortium of the Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission (AICDAC) and nine partners created the Nurse Navigator and Recovery Specialist Outreach Program to […]