Toward Equity in Health
A New Global Approach to Health Disparities
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Dedication Contributors Preface Acknowledgments 1: Introduction: The Forces Driving and Embodied Within a New Field of Equity in Health 1: New Theory, Paradigms, and Perspectives 2: New Procedures and Policies—–Implications for Funders, Researchers, and Policy Makers 5: What Types of Public Health Proposals Should Agencies Be Funding and What Types of Evidence Should Matter?: Scientific and Ethical Considerations 6: Income-Related Health Disparity and Its Determinants in New York State: Racial/Ethnic and Geographical Comparisons 7: Perspectives on Mechanisms of Racial Disparities in Hypertension 8: Incessant Displacement and Health Disparities
3: The Legacy and Role of Racism—Implications and Recommendations for Research and Practice 9: Strategies for Reducing Disparities in African Americans’ Receipt and Use of Mental Health Services 10: Genetics or Social Forces? Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality 11: A Psychosocial Model of Resilience Theory and Research: A Recommended Paradigm for Studying African Americans’ Beliefs and Practices Toward Colon Cancer Screening
4: Collaborations, Partnerships, and Community-Based Participatory Research 12: Eliminating Disparities in Health and Disease Outcomes: A Call for Interdisciplinary Collaboration 13: Grant-Writing for Community-Based Health Disparities Research and Services: The Role of Academic/Community Partnerships 14: Addressing Cardiovascular Health Disparities of Chinese Immigrants in New York City: A Case Study of the Chinese-American Healthy Heart Coalition 15: HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction With Couples: Implications for Reducing Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS Prevention
5: New Internet Technology—Achieving Wide Dissemination and Global Reach 16: Using New Media to Improve Learning: Multimedia Connect for HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction and the Triangle Initiative 17: A Role for Health Informatics and Information Technology (HIIT): Shaping a Global Research Agenda to Eliminate Health Disparities 18: An Online Multimedia Peer Education Smoking Cessation Program for Korean Youth: A Film Script Contest for Stories on Quitting Smoking
6: Training Community Health Workers and Peer Educators 19: Training Community Health Workers and Peer Educators for HIV/AIDS Prevention in Africa: Integrating African Healing Wisdom and Evidence-Based Behavior Change Strategies 20: The Social Education and Health Advocacy Training (SEHAT) Project: Training Peer Educators in Indian Prisons to Increase Health Awareness and Preventive Behavior for HIV 21: Training Peer Educators, Black MSM Leadership, and Partners for Ethnographic Community-Based Participatory Research
7: Closing Gaps in Health for Special Populations 22: Recommendations for Researchers and Clinicians Working at the Intersection of the HIV/AIDS and Methamphetamine Epidemics With MSM 23: Lesbian and Bisexual Women of Color, Racism, Heterosexism, Homophobia, and Health: A Recommended Intervention and Research Agenda 24: Ethnic/Racial Disparities in Gay-Related Stress and Health Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths: Examining a Prevalent Hypothesis 25: Health Disparities and People With Disabilities
8: Closing the Education and Health Gaps—Addressing Dual Inter-Related Disparities Through Effective Engagement 26: Classroom-Based Interventions to Reduce Academic Disparities Between Low-Income and High-Income Students 27: Cultivating Academic Ability Through Exposure to Supplementary Education 28: A Supplementary Education Model Rooted in an Academic, Community, and Faith-Based Coalition: Closing the Education and Health Gaps 29: So No Child Is Left Behind: A Peer Mentoring/Tutoring Program for At-Risk Urban Youth Attending a College Preparatory High School 30: A Model for Comprehensive Community-Wide Asthma Education Using Partnerships and the Public School Curriculum
31: Conclusion: The Future of the Field of Equity in Health
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9: Strategies for Reducing Disparities in African Americans’ Receipt and Use of Mental Health Services
Dedication Contributors Preface Acknowledgments 1: Introduction: The Forces Driving and Embodied Within a New Field of Equity in Health 1: New Theory, Paradigms, and Perspectives 2: New Procedures and Policies—–Implications for Funders, Researchers, and Policy Makers 5: What Types of Public Health Proposals Should Agencies Be Funding and What Types of Evidence Should Matter?: Scientific and Ethical Considerations 6: Income-Related Health Disparity and Its Determinants in New York State: Racial/Ethnic and Geographical Comparisons 7: Perspectives on Mechanisms of Racial Disparities in Hypertension 8: Incessant Displacement and Health Disparities
3: The Legacy and Role of Racism—Implications and Recommendations for Research and Practice 9: Strategies for Reducing Disparities in African Americans’ Receipt and Use of Mental Health Services 10: Genetics or Social Forces? Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality 11: A Psychosocial Model of Resilience Theory and Research: A Recommended Paradigm for Studying African Americans’ Beliefs and Practices Toward Colon Cancer Screening
4: Collaborations, Partnerships, and Community-Based Participatory Research 12: Eliminating Disparities in Health and Disease Outcomes: A Call for Interdisciplinary Collaboration 13: Grant-Writing for Community-Based Health Disparities Research and Services: The Role of Academic/Community Partnerships 14: Addressing Cardiovascular Health Disparities of Chinese Immigrants in New York City: A Case Study of the Chinese-American Healthy Heart Coalition 15: HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction With Couples: Implications for Reducing Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS Prevention
5: New Internet Technology—Achieving Wide Dissemination and Global Reach 16: Using New Media to Improve Learning: Multimedia Connect for HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction and the Triangle Initiative 17: A Role for Health Informatics and Information Technology (HIIT): Shaping a Global Research Agenda to Eliminate Health Disparities 18: An Online Multimedia Peer Education Smoking Cessation Program for Korean Youth: A Film Script Contest for Stories on Quitting Smoking
6: Training Community Health Workers and Peer Educators 19: Training Community Health Workers and Peer Educators for HIV/AIDS Prevention in Africa: Integrating African Healing Wisdom and Evidence-Based Behavior Change Strategies 20: The Social Education and Health Advocacy Training (SEHAT) Project: Training Peer Educators in Indian Prisons to Increase Health Awareness and Preventive Behavior for HIV 21: Training Peer Educators, Black MSM Leadership, and Partners for Ethnographic Community-Based Participatory Research
7: Closing Gaps in Health for Special Populations 22: Recommendations for Researchers and Clinicians Working at the Intersection of the HIV/AIDS and Methamphetamine Epidemics With MSM 23: Lesbian and Bisexual Women of Color, Racism, Heterosexism, Homophobia, and Health: A Recommended Intervention and Research Agenda 24: Ethnic/Racial Disparities in Gay-Related Stress and Health Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youths: Examining a Prevalent Hypothesis 25: Health Disparities and People With Disabilities
8: Closing the Education and Health Gaps—Addressing Dual Inter-Related Disparities Through Effective Engagement 26: Classroom-Based Interventions to Reduce Academic Disparities Between Low-Income and High-Income Students 27: Cultivating Academic Ability Through Exposure to Supplementary Education 28: A Supplementary Education Model Rooted in an Academic, Community, and Faith-Based Coalition: Closing the Education and Health Gaps 29: So No Child Is Left Behind: A Peer Mentoring/Tutoring Program for At-Risk Urban Youth Attending a College Preparatory High School 30: A Model for Comprehensive Community-Wide Asthma Education Using Partnerships and the Public School Curriculum
31: Conclusion: The Future of the Field of Equity in Health
DOI:
10.1891/9780826103680.0009
Authors
- Constantine, Madonna G.
- Kindaichi, Mai M.
- Graham, Sheila V.
- Watkins, Nicole L.
Abstract
Mental health professionals play a critical role in enforcing social justice in mental health care service. This chapter discusses various characteristics of and attitudes about mental health services that may serve as barriers to parity in mental health service delivery and services among African Americans. It describes strategies for mental health providers and systems in addressing these service delivery disparities. These strategies improve the quality of mental health services for African American clients, minimize structural barriers in the receipt of mental health care among African Americans, and decreases the stigma associated with counseling use among African Americans and promote more favorable help-seeking attitudes among African Americans. Mental health professionals should work at the individual, community, and institutional levels to address external barriers, differential quality of care, and beliefs that African Americans may bring into their interactions with mental health systems.