TY - JOUR
KW - Bidirectional clinic
KW - community mental health
KW - integrated care
KW - serious mental illness
AU - A. Soberay
AU - L. W. Tolle
AU - E. Kienitz
AU - A. Olson
A1 - 
AB - The integrated health home, the Hope Health and Wellness Clinic, provides comprehensive primary and behavioral health services to adult clients of a Community Mental Health Center in Aurora, Colorado. A program evaluation of the effectiveness of this clinic was conducted over a 4 year period. Physical health data (Body Mass Index BMI, HbA1c, cholesterol, blood pressure, and waist circumference measurements) and self-report data (social connectedness, everyday functioning, psychological distress, perceived health, satisfaction with services) were tracked across time. Individuals enrolled (N = 534) experienced significant improvements over time in LDL and total cholesterol, as well as self-reported social connectedness, everyday functioning, perceived health, and psychological distress. At risk individuals demonstrated significant improvements in HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, tobacco and alcohol use. Individuals with serious mental illness show improvements in physical health and self-reported health after being involved in bidirectional integrated care.
AD - Aurora Research Institute, 791 Chambers Road, Aurora, CO, USA.; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12631 E. 17th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. lauren.tolle@cuanschutz.edu.; Aurora Mental Health Center, 791 Chambers Rd Aurora, Aurora, CO, 80011, USA.; Aurora Mental Health Center, 791 Chambers Rd Aurora, Aurora, CO, 80011, USA.
BT - Community mental health journal
C5 - Healthcare Disparities; Medical Home
CY - United States
DO - 10.1007/s10597-020-00730-4
JF - Community mental health journal
LA - eng
M1 - Journal Article
N2 - The integrated health home, the Hope Health and Wellness Clinic, provides comprehensive primary and behavioral health services to adult clients of a Community Mental Health Center in Aurora, Colorado. A program evaluation of the effectiveness of this clinic was conducted over a 4 year period. Physical health data (Body Mass Index BMI, HbA1c, cholesterol, blood pressure, and waist circumference measurements) and self-report data (social connectedness, everyday functioning, psychological distress, perceived health, satisfaction with services) were tracked across time. Individuals enrolled (N = 534) experienced significant improvements over time in LDL and total cholesterol, as well as self-reported social connectedness, everyday functioning, perceived health, and psychological distress. At risk individuals demonstrated significant improvements in HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, tobacco and alcohol use. Individuals with serious mental illness show improvements in physical health and self-reported health after being involved in bidirectional integrated care.
PP - United States
PY - 2020
SN - 1573-2789; 0010-3853
T1 - The Hope Health and Wellness Clinic: Outcomes of Individuals with Serious Mental Illness in a Bidirectional Integrated Care Clinic
T2 - Community mental health journal
TI - The Hope Health and Wellness Clinic: Outcomes of Individuals with Serious Mental Illness in a Bidirectional Integrated Care Clinic
U1 - Healthcare Disparities; Medical Home
U2 - 33125636
U3 - 10.1007/s10597-020-00730-4
VO - 1573-2789; 0010-3853
Y1 - 2020
Y2 - Oct 30
ER -