Minority Health and Health Equity Archive

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Welcome to the Minority Health and Health Equity Archive (MHHEA), an electronic archive for digital resource materials in the fields of minority health and health disparities research and policy. It is offered as a no-charge resource to the public, academic scholars and health science researchers interested in the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities.

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    DRAFT~3/14/2007~Allegheny County Mental Health Plan For Adults with Serious Mental Illness: Update for Fiscal Year 2008-2009
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    During the planning process last year the Allegheny County Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health (OBH) with stakeholder input developed a Vision and Mission Statement, reassessed needs identified in the FY 05-06 Plan and developed goals for those identified needs. As results of last year’s planning process OBH partnered with stakeholders in the implementation of a number of projects, many being multi-year ventures. Many if not all projects support one or more state-wide Service Area Plan Goals. This update describes these projects and local efforts to move forward with system transformation.
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    Does Race Matter? Access and Service use for Children by Race during 2002
    (Allegheny HelathChoices, Inc., 2006) UNSPECIFIED
    Executive Summary The Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health and the supplemental report on Race, Culture and Ethnicity summarized national research on mental health and the treatment of mental disorders. These reports concluded that minorities were much less likely than Caucasians to access behavioral health care and receive high quality treatment, even though minorities and Caucasians have similar rates of mental disorders. These national reports provide the context for Allegheny HealthChoices, Inc.’s (AHCI) analysis of racial disparities in behavioral health services. In 2003, AHCI reported that African-American children and youth enrolled in HealthChoices during 2002 accessed behavioral health services at lower rates than Caucasians. AHCI developed this current report to further explore access and service use patterns by race for children and youth.