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A Community-Led Partnership to Develop a Mental Health Promotion Curriculum with Minority Health Agencies
- Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 15, Issue 1, Spring 2021
- pp. 85-93
- 10.1353/cpr.2021.0008
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Abstract:
Background: Community-based mental health promotion programs for healthy people of color, without a diagnosed mental health condition are rare in public health literature.
Objectives: A statewide minority health agency led a 4-year partnership in Indiana with researchers, community-based minority health affiliates, and people of color to design, pilot, and evaluate a mental health promotion program.
Methods: A participatory process was utilized to develop and test a group health promotion program designed with and for communities of color to improve knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors for handling life stresses in a healthy way. Activities included capacity building, two implementation cycles, and mixed-methods evaluation.
Results: The partnership revealed challenges and lessons learned such as recruiting skilled facilitators, effective communication about goals for cultural and linguistic appropriateness, maintaining fidelity, and realigning funding approaches for affiliates.
Conclusions: Next steps include revisions based on lessons learned, additional cultural and linguistic tailoring of the program, and offering statewide access.