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Mental Health Awareness

Julian Corral

University of San Diego

HCIN-541-02A-SP21 - Intro Health Care Delivery Systems

Dr. Boone

April 19, 2021

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Executive Summary

This proposal focuses on the issue of mental health awareness in the Latin community

through our organization named Reach Out for Our Hand. Our organization focuses on the Latin

community because they are most at risk for not using medical sources to confront the stigma of

mental health.

The purpose of this proposal is to bring awareness to mental health stigma in the Latin

community through Reach Out for Our Hand. The annual goal is to reduce suicide rates for

people ages 12–25 years old. The main three goals of the organization are to provide an overall

increase of patients who do not have health insurance to become covered and part of our

community clinic; expand mental health services offered at our local hospitals and different local

clinics to assess how great need is, and to expand mental health awareness programs/treatment

for individuals who normally would not qualify.

Support will be requested from local community resource centers such as hospitals like

Kaiser Permanente and mental health resource centers from Riverside County. Their support is

intended to expand our current limited support programs to outreach and branch out to our local

community center to be more effective. Their support seeks to expand our current limited support

programs, to outreach and branch out to our local community center, to expand limited services

like medical care coverage, community counseling, and programs to see improvement over time.

Our anticipated budget is $213,000 which will cover start-up expenses, an outreach

program for staff members, recruitment and training programs, and marketing for our clinic and

marketing used to promote our events with local partners in the community. We will also have an

amount set aside for program maintenance.

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Mental health awareness is a very complex topic to address and sometimes to address,

especially in the Latin Community. Reach Out for Our Hand focuses on mental health stigma and

harms of not receiving proper medical care to address issues when not cared for in the right

steps. Our organization focuses on the Latin community because Latinos are less likely to use

medical sources, and even less likely when health insurance cannot cover mental health services

(Kouyoumdjian et al., 2003). Our organization focuses on mental health services normally not

covered and will provide everything required for treatment.

Mental Health Awareness Introduction

Reach Out for Our Hand is an organization focusing on a community health clinic

founded in 2010. The focus of the community clinic is to provide affordable medical services to

the underserved community through grant funds from California and the federal government.

The main mission of Reach Out for Our Hand is to help anyone requiring medical or mental help

by reaching out to and to become the trusted source they need. We have local ties with the

community such as Queen of Angels Church we pair up with and help their members with events

such as flu clinic drives, and services provided at our clinic. We also have pair events with a local

Kaiser Permanente hospital for event drives of mental health, dental, and medical services. In the

time frame we have been open and many connections we have made with local groups, we have

noticed the drastic need for mental health services in our community. After running analytics, we

narrowed our focus to the Latinx community because they are the lowest amount of individuals

not seeking mental health services due to cost, family taboo, and being able to qualify for

programs.(Noe-Bustamante, 2019). This proposal will focus on addressing these key issues.

Needs/Problems

In the Latinx community, mental health has always been seen as a taboo because

discussing problems can create shame for families and tight family connections make it difficult
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to reach out for help. (Noe-Bustamante, 2019). This impact is seen with Latinx/Hispanic youth,

especially those ages 12–49 years old, because they are the highest at risk for major depressive

episodes and suicide (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2020). The

trend of major depressive episodes was on the rise from 2015 to 2018, increasing from 12.6% to

15.1% in Latinx/Hispanic youth ages 12–17, 8% to 12% in young adults ages 18–25, and 4.5%

to 6% for adults ages 26–49 (Caplan, 2019). With this rising trend of mental health issues in the

Latinx community, there are also ongoing issues in the coverage area, individuals at the clinic

being evaluated differently, and the shortage of bilingual or Spanish-speaking mental health

professionals (American Psychiatric Association, 2017).

Goals/Objectives

 Goal 1: Reach Out for Our Hand will expand access for individuals who do not have

health insurance have coverage in our community clinic.

Objective: 85% of patients who come to the community clinic will have health insurance

coverage by the end of 2021.

Key Benefit: Patients are provided with health insurance covering medical, mental, and

dental health by entering open enrollment from January to April 2021. It will help in

enrollment of individuals who lost coverage throughout the year and can help with

mental health programs.

 Goal 2: Expand mental health services offered at the community center and partner with

local hospitals to help assess need in the community.

Objective: Obtain a 60% increase with the referral program with our local hospital and

with the county on increasing mental health service programs, clinical intervention, and

case management.
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Key Benefit: It will provide necessary outreach for the local community center to reach

individuals we normally would not be able to reach. It will target our local hospitals and

local county to see what services can be offered and what services can be further

improved upon.

 Goal 3: Expand programs focusing on mental health awareness and treatment offered for

individuals, even if they do not qualify.

Objective: Obtain an 80% increase in mental health awareness for the Latinx youth in

after-school programs, local sports clubs, and church groups.

Key Benefit: By providing the necessary awareness of mental health services in the

community center, we will have higher coverage rates for mental health improvement,

less flight risk, and overall treatment of the programs.

Procedures/Scope of Work

The project will focus on three main phases to ensure the program can run smoothly and

effectively (see Table 1). In Phase 1, the team will focus on brainstorming events of the mental

health clinic, what services can be improved, and what can be implemented. Phase 2 will focus

on implementing mental health awareness programs to target individuals without health

insurance to apply and qualify for mental health services. These programs would also be

available with the local Kaiser hospital we have outreached to and County of Riverside mental

health unit. Phase 3 will focus on keeping the new programs in place, running, and addressing

key issues affecting the program from working effectively.

Table 1

Timetable

Phase Description of Work Start and End Dates

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Phase 1 Start of mental health outreach/brainstorming January 2021 to

February 2021
Phase 2 Implementing mental health awareness March 2021 to
program; outreach to local hospitals and September 2021
county
Phase 3 Keep programs running and address any areas October 2021 to
of improvement December 2021
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Table 2

Add Description of the Table Here

Activity Implementation Time Responsibilit

y
Month 1 Month 2 Month 3
Design and implement a training January 2021 February XXX Program
program for needs of the local 2021 Manager
clinic.

Conduct a needs assessment in March 20, April 20, Team lead

what our clinic wishes to target 2021 2021
Design and implement an action May 20, 2021 June 20, July 20, Program
plan focusing on needed 2021 2021 Manager
outreach for the clinic to take
shape
Conduct training focusing on August 20, September October 20, Program
mental health awareness clinic 2021 20, 2021 2021 manager
Outreach program Keep November 20, December January 20, Data analyst
programs running and address 2021 20, 2021 2021
any areas of needed
improvement

Table 3

Phase Description of Work Start and End Dates Amount

Phase 1 Implementation of outreach program for Start: January 20, 2021 $100,000
staff members, clinic outreach, and startup End: February 20, 2021
expenses
Phase 2 Recruiting and training programs Start: March 20, 2021 $50,000
End: April 20, 2021
Phase 3 Marketing and maintaining program Start: May 20, 2021 $80,000
End: December 20,
2021
Total $213,000
Budget
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Table 4

Key Personnel

Client Clinic Patients

Sponsor County of Riverside, IEHP, Medical, Kaiser local
hospital, Queen of Angels Church, community center
Project manager Julian Corral
Team Program manager, team lead, office translator, data
analyst, medical assistants, community ambassador,
program advocate

Evaluation

This project will focus on the local community and the community health clinic to ensure

the project is successful. The three goals and objectives of the proposal focused on providing an

overall increase of coverage in our community clinic for individuals without health insurance

with an overall increase of 85% coverage by the end of 2021. The program manager and data

analyst will oversee this portion of the program because the program manager can address key

issues in signing up our community members for health insurance and our data analyst will focus

on data analytics trends showing peaks of change and progress made.

The second goal will focus on expanding mental health services offered at the community

center and partner with local hospitals to help assess need in the community. This will be done

by the referral program with Kaiser Permanente and with County of Riverside Behavioral unit

focusing on programs increasing mental health services, clinical intervention, and case

management. Our team lead and local community ambassador will oversee this section to ensure

everything is running smoothly and addressing concerns arising from the referral program.
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Our last goal will focus on expanding programs for mental health awareness and

treatment offered for individuals, even if they do not qualify. The main objective will be to have

an 80% mental health awareness for the Latinx youth in after-school programs, local sports

clubs, and in church groups. Members in charge of this section will include our program

manager, team lead, office translator, data analyst, medical assistants, community ambassador,

and our program advocate because this will be an ongoing program we wish to run with local

clinics.

Endorsements

We would like to thank our local partners for their help during this project because it

requires a team effort to achieve this result. Thank you to Kaiser Permanente, County of

Riverside Behavioral Health Unit, Queen of Angels, and Alvord Riverside School District.

Next Steps

 Next Step 1

Continue with monitoring process of the partnership program and correct any key

issues that seem to slow the process down. The local community ambassadors will meet

with key stakeholders and community members to address on going issues that need to be

resolved.

 Next Step 2

Continue with local sponsorships and host events at local schools, parks and after

school youth settings to recruits more individuals that want to be apart of our community

ambassador program.

 Next Step 3
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Run monthly analytics to showcase the results of our partnerships to the local

community.
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References

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Caplan, S. (2019). Intersection of cultural and religious beliefs about mental health: Latinos in

the faith-based setting. Hispanic Health Care International, 17(1), 4–10.

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Kouyoumdjian, H., Zamboanga, B. L., & Hansen, D. J. (2003). Barriers to community mental

health services for Latinos: Treatment considerations. Clinical Psychology: Science and

Practice, 10(4), 394–422. https://doi.org/10.1093/clipsy.bpg041

Noe-Bustamante, L. (2019, September 16). Key facts about U.S. Hispanics and their diverse

heritage. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/09/16/key-

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2020). 2018 national survey on

drug use and health: Hispanics, Latino or Spanish origin or descent.

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