Completed
This 1.5 day workshop explored the mental and physical health impacts of being exposed to the social determinants across the lifespan on the micro, meso, and macro levels. The workshop encouraged participants to think critically about how the social determinants of mental health can be integrated into health professional education and featured presentations on a series of topics as well as small group and breakout discussions that allowed participants to engage with colleagues across professions and sectors.
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Workshop
·2020
The social determinants of mental health involve the economic, social, and political conditions into which one is born that influence a person's mental health - and, in particular, that affect the likelihood a person raised in deficient or dangerous conditions often associated with poverty will deve...
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Description
A planning committee will plan and conduct a 1.5-day public workshop to explore how health professions education and practice organizations and programs, are currently addressing social determinants that contribute to mental health disparities across the lifespan. The workshop will also set the stage for discussions on how disparities can affect the mental health and well-being of patients, families, communities, and care providers across the learning continuum.
The planning committee will develop a workshop agenda, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. Following the workshop, a proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
Contributors
Committee
Kennita Carter
Co-Chair
Carl Sheperis
Co-Chair
David Benedek
Member
Julian Fisher
Member
Mildred Joyner
Member
Robert Keefe
Member
Kathleen Klink
Member
Wendi Schweiger
Member
Zohray Talib
Member
Stephanie Townsell
Member
Sponsors
Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Aetna Foundation
American Academy of Nursing
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
American Board of Family Medicine
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
American College of Nurse-Midwives
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Council of Academic Physical Therapy
American Dental Education Association
American Medical Association
American Nurses Credentialing Center
American Occupational Therapy Association
American Osteopathic Association
American Physical Therapy Association
American Psychological Association
American Society for Nutrition
American Speech-Language Hearing Association
Association of American Medical Colleges
Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges
Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)
Association of Schools of the Allied Health Professions
Athletic Training Strategic Alliance
Council on Social Work Education
Ghent University
Health Resources and Services Administration
Jonas Nursing and Veterans Healthcare
Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation
Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education
National Academies of Practice
National Association of Social Workers
National Board for Certified Counselors and Affiliates, Inc.
National Board of Medical Examiners
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
National League for Nursing
National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
Physician Assistant Education Association
Society for Simulation in Healthcare
THEnet – Training for Health Equity Network
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
University of Toronto
Veterans Health Administration
Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar
Staff
Patricia Cuff
Lead
Katherine Perez
Major units and sub-units
Health and Medicine Division
Lead
Board on Global Health
Lead