The Social Determinants of Mental Health: Implications for Clinical Practice
When: Wednesday, June 23 - 1:00 PM
Duration: 1 hours 45 minutes
Location: Zoom
Event Details:
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, social determinants of health (SDOH) “are conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play that affect a wide range of health and quality-of life-risks and outcomes.” There is increasing awareness that SDOH affect physical and mental health outcomes. In this conversation we will be addressing the social determinants of mental health (SDOMH). Just as the importance of understanding the Adverse Childhood Experiences study is to clinical practice, understanding an individual’s SDOMH can help uncover social and behavioral factors that impact their health. Behavioral health organizations and practitioners will analyze the impact SDOMH have on participants of services, while also investigating strategies for reducing health disparities that are often rooted in social and economic disadvantages in the context of clinical practice. Specific attention will be paid to both clinician level and systems level intervention.
Goals include:
- Understand housing, food/food insecurity, health as social determinants of health.
- Understand the impact of housing, food, and overall health on mental health.
- Understand and explore the role of the clinician and/or agency in access to:
- Housing
- Nutritious and affordable food
- Quality healthcare
- Explore best practices and strategies for clinical practice
About the Presenters:
Craig Willingham, MPH, Deputy Director, CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute
He comes to CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Center for Health Equity where he developed and implemented strategies to make it easier for consumers to buy healthier products in food retail venues throughout New York City. He graduated with an MPH in Public Health Nutrition from the CUNY School of Public Health and has a diverse professional background that includes business management, secondary school education, regional agriculture, and technical training.
Jess Smith, MA (She/They) Clinical Supervisor, Morrison Child & Family Services, Portland OR
Jess is a Clinical Supervisor with Morrison Child & Family Services in Portland, OR, serving unaccompanied refugee youth in a residential setting. She is a member of Morrison's Equity Advisory Council and provides anti-racist training and consultation to current and new MCFS staff and community partners. She is also a member of the Association of Children’s Residential Centers, providing consultation around implementing anti-racist and culturally responsive mental health frameworks in residential settings.
Alyshia Galvez, PhD, Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at Lehman College & of Anthropology at the Graduate Center of CUNY - Alyshia is a cultural and medical anthropologist. She is the author of Eating NAFTA: Trade, Food Policies and the Destruction of Mexico (UC Press, 2018) on changing food policies, systems and practices in Mexico and Mexican communities in the United States, including the ways they are impacted by trade and economic policy, and their public health implications. She is the author of two previous books on Mexican migration. She specializes in the areas of immigration and migration, citizenship and rights, Mexico and Mexican populations, Latin America, and Latinos in the United States, trade, health, health disparities, reproduction, chronic disease, religion, and performance.
Drew Graham, Social Worker Manager for Adult Inpatient and Transitional Care for OHSU, BOARD member for Portland Street Medicine.
Drew is a father of 2 amazing teenagers, a partner of a wonderful individual, and a social worker. At Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) hospital in Portland Oregon, he is the Manager for the Adult Inpatient and Transitional Care Services. In 2013, Drew helped to start OHSU’s street outreach services that were based out of the emergency department. This team focuses on providing intensive outreach and engagement for individuals who have elevated emergency department utilization. In 2018, Drew helped to create and develop a new non-profit called Portland Street Medicine (PSM), which is staffed with volunteer LIPS, LCSW, RN and community based individuals to provide medical care in the camps and on the streets. PSM goal is to help to create new pathways for care and to aid individuals who are experiencing houselessness to gain traction on the goals they choose to work on themselves. Drew considers it quite an honor to get to be a part of these communities and to be able to know and support the individual that he gets to know and care for.
