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5 Where Do We Go from Here?
5 Where Do We Go from Here?
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and the director of the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Prevention at NYS DOH, moderated a structured question-and-answer-based discussion with four panelists: Zarita Araújo-Lane, the president of Cross Cultural Communication Systems; Linda Cottler, the associate dean for research at the University of Florida College of Medicine and College of Public Health & Health Professions; Helen Osborne, the president of Health Literacy Consulting and the host of the podcast series Health Literacy Out Loud; and Michael PaascheOrlow, a professor of medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine. Health professional education in caring for and interacting with individuals with behavioral health conditions Zarita Araújo-Lane commented that a patient's trust of the medical system is crucial for getting better results and that trust is earned, which 1 This section is based on the discussion among moderator Wilma Alvarado-Little, the associ ate commissioner of the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH)
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Linda Cottler focused her comments on the need to raise awareness. July, she noted, was National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, which had not yet been mentioned during the day's discussions even though members of minority groups have additional stigma associated with mental illness.
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"If they do not, what are we doing through our training, social work, mental health, clinicians, and health care? " Taking off from that point, Paasche-Orlow said that the diversity of the mental health workforce needs to be increased "massively" and that that workforce needs to be thoroughly integrated with the rest of the health care workforce.
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" Resources needed to move forward with successful models Cottler suggested that grants from funding agencies, including NIH, the National Institute on Aging, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Science Foundation, as well as foundations, could serve as significant resources. Beyond that, she said, she believes that the word needs to get out about the prevalence of mental health issues, even among physicians, to start drawing more attention to the needs of those with mental and behavioral health challenges.
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Cottler also suggested asking patients what she called the "magic wand" question: If you had a magic wand, what would you do to change your life? Paasche-Orlow said he was of the opinion that because of limited funding opportunities, collaborative care and integrative behavioral and mental health has already moved into the quality improvement realm.
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Johanna Martinez commented that she would have liked to have heard how to create a system that places more emphasis on the social needs of patients as a way of addressing the social determinants of health. Laurie Myers then asked if law enforcement officers receive any training on how to deal with people who are experiencing a mental health or behavioral health crisis, and Osborne asked the same question regarding prison staff.
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