About the Initiative on Integration of Physical and Mental Health Services for People with Serious Mental Illness
Initiative goals
To understand and improve the physical health and health care of racial/ethnic minorities with serious mental illness (SMI). To achieve these goals, our work focuses on three areas:
- Detecting physical health and health care disparities
- Understanding determinants of disparities at the patient, provider, and system levels
- Developing culturally appropriate interventions to eliminate racial and ethnic health and health care disparities among people with SMI
Associated projects
- Community Assessment Project
- Implementing Health Care Intervention for Hispanics with Serious Mental Illness
- Health and Wellness Photovoice Project
- Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Peer-led Group Lifestyle Balance Program in Supportive Housing Agencies
- Promoting Oral Health in Diverse Populations with Serious Mental Illness
Report
We invite you to read our Cultural Competence Matters report on this topic:
“Culturally competent smoking cessation interventions for people with serious mental illness.”
You may see all our periodic Cultural Competence Matters reports here: Cultural Competence Matters.
To see an alphabetical list of the projects that are being conducted as part of our research initiatives, please click here: Research projects at the CECC