Maya Mroué Boustani, Stacy L. Frazier, Diana Marin, Dina Bashoura
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Community Health Workers (CHW) are part of an emerging workforce in the field of mental health, but few studies have examined their training, supervision, and service delivery needs in the United States. Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with CHWs (n = 9) and their administrators (n = 6) affiliated with a medical center and school districts in Southern California. Guiding questions focused on CHW roles, work-related stress, clinical decision making, and professional development. Findings pointed to high rates of stress, primarily attributed to role ambiguity, and need (and desire) for more training and supervision related to mental health interventions, and more systematic structures for data-informed decision-making. Discussion provides reflections and recommendations to the field about ways to support this growing and critical workforce.
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The aim of Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services is to improve mental health services through research. This journal primarily publishes peer-reviewed, original empirical research articles. The journal also welcomes systematic reviews. Please contact the editor if you have suggestions for special issues or sections focusing on important contemporary issues. The journal usually does not publish articles on drug or alcohol addiction unless it focuses on persons who are dually diagnosed. Manuscripts on children and adults are equally welcome. Topics for articles may include, but need not be limited to, effectiveness of services, measure development, economics of mental health services, managed mental health care, implementation of services, staffing, leadership, organizational relations and policy, and the like. Please review previously published articles for fit with our journal before submitting your manuscript.
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