Cultural Issues & Resources

Guidance for Boards/Commissions - See Cultural Relevance Page

CA Reducing Disparities Project

Introduction

African American
​Black Identified
Implementation Project Outcomes

Asian Pacific Islander
​Implementation Project Outcomes

Latino Latinx
​Implementation Project Outcomes
​Project Outcomes - Spanish
CRDP Presentation - Spanish

LGBTQ+
​Implementation Project Outcomes

Native American
Implementation Project Outcomes

Reports & Articles by
​Race / Ethnicity / Culture

African American Black Identified

Asian & Pacific Islanders

Guides & Toolkits, American Psychiatric Association

More Asian Americans Are Seeking Mental Health Treatment, William James College, 2021

Here’s Why Many Asian Americans Don’t Get Mental Health Care—And How to Help, CA Health Report, 2022

Hmong Stories of Hope, Each Mind Matters

Hmong Elders & Community: Zoosiab Program, Butte County 20/21 MHSA Update, page 164+

How I Learned To Talk To My Filipino Mom About My Mental Health, NPR, November 2018

​New CA law will more finely parse health data on Asians, LA Daily News (2016)
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Asian American/Pacific Islander Communities & Mental Health, MHA

​Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander, SAMHSA

​​Hispanic/Latino American

Promotores de Salud and Latino Engagement in Amador County, CIBHS DHCS MHSA Showcase, 9/20

The Opioid Crisis and the Hispanic/Latino Population: An Urgent Issue, SAMHSA, July 2020​

Latino/Hispanic Communities and Mental Health, Mental Health America

Latino Mental Health, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
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Community-Defined Solutions for Latino Mental Health Care Disparities, UC Davis Medical Center for Reducing Health Care Disparities (2012)

LGBTQ

Link to: Issue Brief,
Definitions & Acronyms,
Web Page,

Native American /
​Alaska Native

What Prevents Indigenous People From Seeking Mental Health Treatment? American Psychiatric Association, November, 2022

TAY Action Team from Two Feathers Native American Family Services Town Hall (Recording), May 2021

​Showcase of American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services Programs - NCRTM Recorded Webinar, 2020

Historical Trauma: The Confluence of Mental Health and History in Native American Communities, Brady Hummel 2016

Good Medicine Short Video, Each Mind Matters

Healing Historical Trauma (podcast) (youtube) 
Dr. Tami DeCoteau's Keynote speech from the Warrior Spirit Conference & Ceremony
www.ignitingthewarriorspirit.com
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Behavioral Health Equity:  American Indian and Alaska Native, SAMHSA

Behavioral Health Services for American Indians and Alaska Natives, SAMHSA
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Native American Communities and Mental Health, MHA

American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research Volume 26, Number 1, 2019

Muslim American

Peer Counseling, Muslim American Society
Social Services Foundation
Young Adult American-Born Muslims and Mental Health: An Exploration of Attitudes, Challenges, and Need​s, I​nstitute for Social Policy and Understanding, 2014
Mental Health Stigma in the Muslim Community, Purdue University: Journal of Muslim Mental Health, 2013

Reports & Resources

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Creating an Antiracist Framework in the Rehabilitation and Recovery Movement - Chacku Mathai, 10.22.20 - CASRA Conference
CA Communities Mental Health Services Survey, 2020-21

LA County Mental Health Multicultural Speakers Bureau Listing
2022

A Right to Heal, Mental Health in Diverse Communities, CA Pan-Ethnic Health Network, 2022

Access for Everyone: A Toolkit for Addressing Health Equity and Racial Justice within Integrated Care Settings, The National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Advancing CA's Community Healthworker Promotor Workforce - Medi-Cal Data Collection and Program Measurement, Implementation, Approaches and Evaluation, CA Health Care Foundation, 2021

Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan Mental Health Services An Unfulfilled Promise for Communities of Color, CPEHN, September 2021

A Right to Heal, Mental Health in Diverse Communities, 
September 2021

CDEP Concept Paper, April 2021 ​

Centering Equity in Health Care Delivery and Payment Reform: A Guide for California Policymakers, CA Pan-Ethnic Health Network, CPEHN 2020

Making the Invisible Visible:  Identifying & Articulating Culture in Practice-Based Evidence, Psychology Applied Research Center at Loyola Marymount, 2018

Medi-Cal: Mental Health Disparities by Race & Ethnicity-Medi-Cal, CPEHN (data through 2018)

MHSA: Highlighting Differences to Understand Disparities, MHSOAC (through 2018)

Eliminating Inequities in Behavioral Health Care Webinar Series, CA Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions, 2020

​Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity, CA Health Care Foundation October 2019​

Community-Defined Evidence: A Culturally-Appropriate Approach to Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Diverse Populations, SAMHSA 2018
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California Reducing Disparities Project Strategic Plan to Reduce Mental Health Disparities, CA Pan-Ethnic Health Network 2015

National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care, U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services

​2016 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Framework for Eliminating Cultural, Linguistic, Racial and Ethnic Behavioral Health Disparities, CA Behavioral Health Directors Association, 2015

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cALBHB/C supports the work of california's 59 local mental/ behavioral health boards and commissions by providing resources, training, and opportunities for communication and statewide advocacy.

Local boards are responsible for reviewing community mental health needs, services, facilities and special problems, and serve in an advisory capacity to local governing bodies and local mental/behavioral health directors per CA Welfare and Institutions Code 5604.2.
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