TY - JOUR
KW - Cultural Competency
KW - Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/economics/methods
KW - Healthcare Disparities/economics
KW - Hispanic Americans/psychology
KW - Humans
KW - Medically Uninsured
KW - Mental Disorders/ethnology
KW - Mental Health Services/economics/utilization
KW - Primary Health Care/economics/methods
KW - Social Work/methods
KW - Stereotyping
KW - United States
AU - P. Manoleas
A1 - 
AB - Disparities in Latino utilization of mental health services have been documented for some years. Factors such as stigma, low rates of health insurance, paucity of culturally competent providers, and linguistic inaccessibility have contributed to this underutilization. The documented tendency of many Latinos to experience the mind and body as a unified whole, often referred to as "non-dualism"; provides a unique opportunity to address these disparities in utilization. This article advocates a specific model of engagement of Latinos into a continuum of needed behavioral health services via the primary care clinic, and suggests a variety of clinical and administrative outcome measures for evaluating the effectiveness of the model. The model centers on the inclusion of a behavioral health specialist who is "nested" within the primary care team. The preparation and perspectives of clinically trained social workers make them ideal for this role.
BT - Social work in health care
C5 - Education & Workforce; Financing & Sustainability; Healthcare Disparities
CP - 4
CY - United States
DO - 10.1080/00981380802344480
IS - 4
JF - Social work in health care
N2 - Disparities in Latino utilization of mental health services have been documented for some years. Factors such as stigma, low rates of health insurance, paucity of culturally competent providers, and linguistic inaccessibility have contributed to this underutilization. The documented tendency of many Latinos to experience the mind and body as a unified whole, often referred to as "non-dualism"; provides a unique opportunity to address these disparities in utilization. This article advocates a specific model of engagement of Latinos into a continuum of needed behavioral health services via the primary care clinic, and suggests a variety of clinical and administrative outcome measures for evaluating the effectiveness of the model. The model centers on the inclusion of a behavioral health specialist who is "nested" within the primary care team. The preparation and perspectives of clinically trained social workers make them ideal for this role.
PP - United States
PY - 2008
SN - 0098-1389; 0098-1389
SP - 438
EP - 454
EP - 
T1 - Integrated primary care and behavioral health services for Latinos: A blueprint and research agenda
T2 - Social work in health care
TI - Integrated primary care and behavioral health services for Latinos: A blueprint and research agenda
U1 - Education & Workforce; Financing & Sustainability; Healthcare Disparities
U2 - 19042495
U3 - 10.1080/00981380802344480
VL - 47
VO - 0098-1389; 0098-1389
Y1 - 2008
ER -