About the Community Assessment Project
Project objectives
This was a two-year large qualitative study that examined the provision of culturally and linguistically competent physical health services to racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse people with serious mental illness [SMI] in three northern Manhattan communities.
Project status
Completed.
Publications
Cabassa, L.J., Lewis-Fernández, R. Guarnaccia, P. (2012). Context at work in the physical health of people with serious mental illness: A report from the New York State Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. New York, NY
Ezell, J., Siantz, L., & Cabassa, L. J.(2013). Contours of usual care: Meeting the medical needs of diverse persons with serious mental illness. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 24 (4), 1552-1573. PMCID: PMC3885863
Carliner, H., Collins, P. Y., Cabassa, L. J., McNallen, A., Joestl, S. S., & Lewis-Fernández, R. (2014). Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among racial and ethnic minorities with schizophrenia spectrum and bipolar disorders: A systematic review of the literature. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 55 (2), 233-247. NIHMSID 53410.
Cabassa, L. J., Siantz, E., Nicasio, A., Guarnaccia, P., & Lewis- Fernández (In press). Context at Work: The Influence of Sociocultural and Environmental Factors in the Physical Health of People with Serious Mental Illness. Qualitative Health Research.
Reports
We invite you to read our Cultural Competence Matters reports on this topic:
- “Cardiovascular disease: The combined effects of race/ethnicity and mental illness”
- “Racial and ethnic disparities among persons with psychiatric disorders and multiple chronic medical conditions”
You may see all our periodic Cultural Competence Matters reports here: Cultural Competence Matters.
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