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doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107080.
Online ahead of print.
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- 1 RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407, United States. Electronic address: ewong@rand.org.
- 2 University of Massachusetts, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, 306 Arnold House, 715 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, United States. Electronic address: kpderose@umass.edu.
- 3 Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, 127 S. San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, United States. Electronic address: Vanessa.Torres@cshs.org.
- 4 Diocese of San Bernardino, Office of Marriage & Family Life Ministry, 1201 E. Highland Avenue, San Bernardino, CA 92404, United States. Electronic address: mmartinez@sbdiocese.org.
- 5 Kaiser Permanente Research and Evaluation, 100 S Los Robles Ave #2, Pasadena, CA 91101, United States. Electronic address: Bing.X1.Han@kp.org.
- 6 NAMI California, Vice President of Programs and Services, 425 University Avenue, #200, Sacramento, CA 95825, United States. Electronic address: Melen.Vue@CENTENE.com.
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doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107080.
Online ahead of print.
Affiliations
- 1 RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407, United States. Electronic address: ewong@rand.org.
- 2 University of Massachusetts, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, 306 Arnold House, 715 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, United States. Electronic address: kpderose@umass.edu.
- 3 Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, 127 S. San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, United States. Electronic address: Vanessa.Torres@cshs.org.
- 4 Diocese of San Bernardino, Office of Marriage & Family Life Ministry, 1201 E. Highland Avenue, San Bernardino, CA 92404, United States. Electronic address: mmartinez@sbdiocese.org.
- 5 Kaiser Permanente Research and Evaluation, 100 S Los Robles Ave #2, Pasadena, CA 91101, United States. Electronic address: Bing.X1.Han@kp.org.
- 6 NAMI California, Vice President of Programs and Services, 425 University Avenue, #200, Sacramento, CA 95825, United States. Electronic address: Melen.Vue@CENTENE.com.
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Abstract
Latino communities within the U.S. are disproportionately affected by persistent, high levels of untreated mental illness. Limited mental health literacy, stigma, and cultural factors are major contributors to Latino mental health treatment disparities. Although Latino individuals may be reluctant to seek out mental health professionals, they often rely on religious congregations when confronted with mental illness. However, religious congregations report major obstacles to collaborating with the mental health sector including the lack of mental health training, staffing, and resources. Strategic partnerships between religious congregations and community-based organizations can be leveraged to target sources of Latino mental health treatment disparities. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization, has developed a host of programs tailored to the different needs and segments of the community affected by mental illness, including programs designed to address culturally diverse and faith-based communities. This cluster-randomized controlled trial leverages the collective resources of NAMI and the Diocese of San Bernardino to deliver and evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-level, parish-based, intervention to decrease stigma, increase mental health literacy, and improve access to mental health services among Latino parishioners. This study will enroll 1400 participants from 14 parishes that will be randomly assigned to receive the intervention immediately or a wait-list control condition. The intervention could enrich awareness of mental health issues, shape norms about mental illness, facilitate treatment access, and add support from religious congregations to target Latino mental health disparities using culturally and faith-based tailored approaches.
Keywords:
Disparities; Faith-based; Latino; Mental health; Mental health literacy; Stigma.
Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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