Health and Mental Health Policies' Role in Better Understanding and Closing African American-White American Disparities in Treatment Access and Quality of Care

Autor/in	Snowden, Lonnie R.
Titel	Health and Mental Health Policies' Role in Better Understanding and Closing African American-White American Disparities in Treatment Access and Quality of Care
Quelle	In: American Psychologist, 67 (2012) 7, S.524-531 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-066X
DOI	10.1037/a0030054
Schlagwörter	Mental Health; Diseases; African Americans; Mental Disorders; Human Services; Public Policy; Role; Whites; Racial Differences; Access to Health Care; Health Services; Delivery Systems; Federal Legislation; International Organizations; Surveys; Agency Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Disease; Krankheit; Afroamerikaner; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Humanitäre Hilfe; Öffentliche Ordnung; Rollen; White; Weißer; Rassenunterschied; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Auslieferung; Bundesrecht; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	Since publication of the U.S. Surgeon General's report "Mental Health: Culture, Race and Ethnicity--A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General" (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001), several federal initiatives signal a sustained focus on addressing African American-White American disparities in mental health treatment access and quality and open the way to unprecedented disparity reduction. These initiatives include institutional commitments to (a) research by the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities; (b) disparities monitoring by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; (c) new epidemiologic and service delivery information on African American populations from the National Survey of American Life sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health; as well as (d) opportunities inherent in the World Health Organization's interest in disease burden for making it possible to view African Americans' likely greater disease burden from mental illness as a legitimate source of concern. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act affords unprecedented opportunities for increasing African Americans' treatment access and quality of care nationwide. By familiarizing themselves with these initiatives, and taking advantage of possibilities they offer, those committed to reducing African American-White American disparities in mental illness, and treatment access and quality, can make inroads toward improving African Americans' mental health and facilitating their successful functioning in all spheres of community living. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10