¡Yo no estoy loco/a! Improving Treatment Engagement for Latinos using an E-E Video

Purpose/Background: Approximately 30% of Latinos experience some form of psychiatric illness in their lifetime. Despite the high prevalence rate of mood disorders among Latinos and the availability of empirically supported treatments that target anxiety and depression, Latinos underutilize behavioral health services. Perceived stigma associated with the pursuit of behavioral health services disproportionately restricts mental health care in Latinos. The research team created an Entertainment- Education (E-E) telenovela-style video (in Spanish), which acted as the experimental intervention in the proposed project. The experimental intervention is based on the E-E model which incorporates health and educational messages in an entertaining, story-telling narrative using characters who have characteristics, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that are similar to those of the targeted audience to maximize social validity. The video chronicles the story of Ana who while having pan y café (sweet bread and coffee) with two family members, shares her challenges with depression and her successful outcome with therapy. The video utilizes the genre of the telenovela which creates an entertaining environment where the audience is captivated by the content and absorbs the messages portrayed. Materials & Methods: Study Site. Community Health Alliance (CHA) is a Federally Qualified Health Center that provides integrated medical services. CHA annually sees 33,000 patients over the course of 92,000 visits a year. Of the thousands of visits made by patients each year, 58% of the patients seen at CHA identify as being Latino and Spanish-speaking. The study was be conducted at the main clinic, which is located in a Latino neighborhood. Participants: Participants consisted of Spanish-speaking, Latino adults who endorsed symptoms of depression on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Participants were randomly assigned to treatment as usual (TAU) or the intervention condition. Treatment as usual included a brochure on depression and referral information to a behavioral health clinic. In the intervention condition participants received TAU + the E-E video. In both conditions the participants completed a basic demographic form and both before and after TAU or the intervention condition participants completed the Depression Stigma Scale (DSS); the Depression Literacy Scale (D-Lit); and the Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Help (ATSPH) questionnaire. Results: Data collection is currently underway. A preliminary review of the data indicates that the Latinos in our sample have low levels of mental health literacy, high levels of stigma, and moderate attittudes towards seeking professional help. The E-E video appears to reduce stigma, increase mental health literacy, and improve attitudes towards seeking professional help. We plan to utilize Hotelling\u27s T 2 test to to examine differences in scores on the DSS, D-lT, and ATSPH for the TAU vs. TAU + the E-E video condition. Discussion/Conclusion: Given the high rates of mood disorders among Latinos, the availability of empirically supported treatments for mood disorders, the low treatment-seeking rates of Latinos who have a mood disorder, and the evidence that indicates that stigma and mental health literacy mediate the relationship between ethnicity and behavioral health service use, it is necessary to develop interventions aimed at reducing stigma and increasing mental health literacy. Such interventions have the potential to improve attitudes towards help-seeking and ultimately improve treatment seeking rates among Latinos. The results from this study suggest that utilizing a culturally-specific intervention (a telenovela-style video) targeted at reducing stigma and increasing mental health literacy may be an effective way of reducing the behavioral health service use disparity between Latinos and non-Latino Whites. This is a low-cost and easily disseminable intervention and as such holds promise for behavioral health service use disparity between Latinos and non-Latino Whites. Future researchers should examine similar interventions with other ethnic groups

Review of \u3cem\u3eDrug War Heresies: Learning from Other Vices, Times & Places.\u3c/em\u3e Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter. Reviewed by Lorraine T. Midanik.

Book review of Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter, Drug War Heresies: Learning from Other Vices, Times & Places. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. $75.00 hardcover,$25.00 papercover

Development of a pilot data management infrastructure for biomedical researchers at University of Manchester – approach, findings, challenges and outlook of the MaDAM Project

Management and curation of digital data has been becoming ever more important in a higher education and research environment characterised by large and complex data, demand for more interdisciplinary and collaborative work, extended funder requirements and use of e-infrastructures to facilitate new research methods and paradigms. This paper presents the approach, technical infrastructure, findings, challenges and outlook (including future development within the successor project, MiSS) of the ‘MaDAM: Pilot data management infrastructure for biomedical researchers at University of Manchester’ project funded under the infrastructure strand of the JISC Managing Research Data (JISCMRD) programme. MaDAM developed a pilot research data management solution at the University of Manchester based on biomedical researchers’ requirements, which includes technical and governance components with the flexibility to meet future needs across multiple research groups and disciplines

The speaking vocabulary of kindergarten, grade I, grade II, and grade III

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

Memorandum of Amici Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Asian Bar Association of Washington, Pacific Northwest District of the Japanese American Citizens League, and Vietnamese American Bar Association of Washington in Support of Petition for Review

Katare v. Katare, 201

Memorandum of Amici Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Asian Bar Association of Washington, Pacific Northwest District of the Japanese American Citizens League, and Vietnamese American Bar Association of Washington in Support of Petition for Review

Katare v. Katare, 201

Anti-Tumor Activity, In Vitro and In Vivo, of Some Triphenylphosphinegold(I) Thionucleobases

The [Ph3PAu(6-MP)] complex, where 6-MPH is 6-mercaptopurine, is active against the cisplatinresistant cell line, mouse leukaemia L1210/DDP, as is the precursor compound [Ph3PAuCl], suggesting that the thiolate is not critical for activity. Against the human cell lines, FaDu (squamous cell carcinoma) and SKOV-3 (ovarian carcinoma), both [Ph3PAu(6-MP)] and [Ph3PAu(6-TG)], where 6-TGH is 6-thioguanine, were active. [Ph3PAu(6-MP)] was active against a murine PC6 plasmacytoma, but not as active as cisplatin

Analisis Kinerja Industri Tepung Kelapa PT. Royal Coconut Kelurahan Sarongsong Satu Kecamatan Airmadidi Kabupaten Minahasa Utara

This study aims to determine the Performance of Coconut Flour Industry in Kelurahan Sarongsong Satu, Kecamatan Airmadidi, Minahasa Utara Regency reviewed from Balanced Scorecard is a financial perspective, customer perspective, internal business process perspective and learning and growth perspective. This research was conducted at PT. Royal Coconut located in Kelurahan Sarongsong Satu Kecamatan Airmadidi Minahasa Utara Regency. This research will be conducted for 3 months from preparation until preparation of report, that is from February until month Mey 2017. Sources of data taken in this research are primary data and secondary data. Primary data is data that comes from the observation (observation) and interview (interview) with the leadership and a number of company employees. Secondary data is data obtained in the form of reports from other information sourced from literature and other information related to this writing. The method of analysis used in this research is Balanced Scorecard method that is financial perspective, customer perspective, internal business process perspective and learning and growth perspective. This research found that performance of Coconut Flour Industry PT. Royal Coconut Kelurahan Sarongsong One District Airmadidi Minahasa Utara Regency reviewed from Balanced Scorecad that financial perspective can be measured well and perfect for getting a profit every month