Engaging the Faith Community in Designing a Church-Based Mental Health Screening and Linkage to Care Intervention

Autor/inn/en	Berkley-Patton, Jannette; Thompson, Carole Bowe; Williams, Joah; Christensen, Kelsey; Wainright, Cassandra; Williams, Eric; Bradley-Ewing, Andrea; Bauer, Alexandria; Allsworth, Jenifer
Titel	Engaging the Faith Community in Designing a Church-Based Mental Health Screening and Linkage to Care Intervention
Quelle	In: Metropolitan Universities, 32 (2021) 1, S.104-123 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1047-8485
Schlagwörter	African Americans; Church Role; Community Health Services; Mental Health; Screening Tests; Intervention; Barriers; Access to Health Care; Prevention; Needs Assessment; Health Needs; Program Effectiveness; Health Promotion; Feasibility Studies; Kansas (Kansas City); Missouri (Kansas City) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Afroamerikaner; Kirchenbild; Psychohygiene; Screening-Verfahren; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Bedarfsermittlung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung
Abstract	African Americans are disproportionately burdened by mental health issues (e.g., stress, chronic depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder). Upon review of mental health local/state/national data, a highly-engaged faith-based Community Action Board (CAB) raised concerns about the mental health needs of African Americans and addressed mental health as a priority health area in African American Kansas City churches. African Americans tend to experience barriers to mental health services (e.g., limited access, high cost, mental health-related stigma, non-culturally tailored mental health care). African American churches have many strengths that could increase reach, acceptability feasibility, and impact of mental health interventions tailored for African Americans. The CAB conducted a health needs assessment survey (N=463; 11 churches) to identify health concerns and potential strategies to inform the design of a church-based mental health intervention. Using a faith-community-engaged approach, the CAB developed the survey and used its findings to design a religiously-tailored, multilevel mental health intervention focused on prevention, screening, and linkage to care. The needs assessment identified intervention strategies (e.g., church-based screening, stress reduction/exercise programs, pastors promoting mental health) that were: (1) rated as highly important/feasible to implement, (2) included in the intervention design, and (3) successfully implemented in African American churches by faith leaders and university students and faculty. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01