Designing and Assessing Multilevel Interventions to Improve Minority Mental Health and Reduce Health Disparities
February 10, 2021Abstract Multilevel interventions can be uniquely effective at addressing minority health and health disparities, but they pose substantial methodological, data analytic, and assessment challenges that must be considered when designing and applying interventions and assessment. To facilitate the adoption of multilevel interventions to reduce health disparities, we outline areas of need in filling existing operational […]
Albuquerque Public Schools’ Collaborative Approach Helps Juvenile Justice Involved Youth
January 22, 2021To stem the steady flow of students from schools to juvenile detention, the Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public Schools SS/HS Initiative created a Juvenile Justice Action Team to develop a strategic plan for enhancing inter-agency collaboration. The plan was steamed through the 3 Bold Steps intervention. The plan comprised numerous action steps, for example: Components of […]
More Than 1 in 4 Latino and Black Households With Children Are Experiencing More Behavioral Health Hardships During COVID-19
January 14, 2021This brief is a joint publication from Child Trends and the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of families experiencing hardships across the country has risen dramatically, with a disproportionate impact on Latino* and Black communities. Twenty-nine percent of Latino and 31 percent of Black households with children […]
The Rural Telemental Health (RTMH) Program in Oregon
December 17, 2020Since 2009, the Rural Telemental Health (RTMH) program has been improving access to mental healthcare for rural veterans in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The RTMH program, stationed at the Portland VA Medical Center, was started with funding from the VHA Office of Rural Health. Instead of needing to drive long distances to a Veterans Administration (VA) facility, […]
Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in COVID-19: Emerging Disparities Amid Discrimination
December 10, 2020Abstract: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic. In the USA, the burden of mortality and morbidity has fallen on minority populations. The understanding of the impact of this pandemic has been limited in Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs), though disaggregated data suggest disproportionately high mortality rates. AAPIs are at high risk for COVID-19 […]
COVID-19 Food Disparities with Minorities
November 13, 2020The National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families has released a publication on “During COVID-19, 1 in 5 Latino and Black Households with Children Are Food Insufficient“. Many Latinx and Black households with children are struggling to obtain enough food to feed their families during the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing recession. According to […]
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