Minority and Multicultural Health

Grants

Many Voices-One Goal...Mental Health: A Public Health Issue

A statewide mental health forum for Populations of Color and American Indians

When:
August 22, 2008

Forum goal:

To explore how public health can work more closely with mental health to provide culturally congruent and linguistically appropriate services to populations of color and American Indians living in Minnesota

Objectives:

Identify the needs and gaps with the existing public and mental health services for populations of color and American Indians;
Discuss successful mental health service models in Minnesota and how public health and mental health can work together to address health disparity issues and better serve populations of Color and American Indians
Provide an opportunity to health care professionals working for local governments, non-profits, health plan providers, community leaders, school nurses and others who are interested in the area to develop strategies and specific recommendations to improve upon the current health care and mental health systems that will address mental health needs of populations of color and American Indians and those of whom also suffer from chronic illnesses

Keynote speakers:

Dr. Mario Hernandez
Professor and Chair, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
University of South Florida

Dr. Larke Huang Senior Advisor, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Sponsored by:
Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Minority and Multicultural Health
Minnesota Department of Health - Maternal & Child Health Section
UCare
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation

For more information:
Xiaoying Chen
651-201-5822

Conference materials:

Agenda (PDF: 122KB/2 pages)

Conference brochure (PDF: 587KB/2 pages)

Mental Health Forum Recommendations (PDF: 114KB/5 pages)

Data Collection Reference List (PDF: 33KB/6 pages)

Data Collection Toolkit Resources (PDF: 64KB/4 pages)

Creating and Sustaining Culturally and Linguistically Competent Community-based Services (PDF: KB/43 pages)
Mario Hernandez, Ph.D.

Public Health/Mental Health Integration in a Cultural Context (PDF: 512KB/57 pages)
Joel Hetler, Ph.D. and Michael Goh, Ph.D.

A Public Health Approach to Behavioral Health Disparities (PDF: 3.5MB/102 pages)
Larke Nahme Huang, Ph.D.

National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health poster (PDF: 3MB/1 page)

American Indians and Trauma (PDF: 135KB/11 pages)
Ms. Suzanne Koepplinger