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Building Interdisciplinary/Intersectoral Research Partnerships for Community-Based Mental Health Research with Older Minority Adults

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American Journal of Community Psychology

Abstract

Community-based research often brings investigators from different disciplinary backgrounds together with community representatives to conduct research on topics of mutual concern. This paper describes a case example that illustrates an interdisciplinary/intersectoral study of depression and barriers to mental health care among older adults and illustrate the factors central to implementing a successful research partnership. It will address the following conditions that facilitate and challenge interdisciplinary/intersectoral research: (1) achieving commonality of purpose in study design and research and referral approaches; (2) ensuring the ability to develop, field-test and implement psychometrically rigorous and culturally and qualitatively appropriate instruments; (3) building effective management structures for interdisciplinary/intersectoral research partnerships; and (4) identifying, training and supporting qualified researchers to carry out a mental health study with older ethnically diverse adults. The paper concludes with strengths and limitations of the approach.

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Notes

  1. NIA Grant # AG16564-04, AIDS Risk in Older Adult Senior Housing Residents.

  2. Referrals were made regardless of whether the respondent was already in treatment. If the provider was the PCP, the referral was to the PCP. If the provider was a mental health clinic or office, the referral was to that site.

  3. In this section we do not include the Investigators, the Project Director or the Survey Data Analyst as we have described their roles earlier. We emphasize the experience of those team members who conducted most of the field observations, surveys and in-depth interviews on a regular basis.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank other members of the research team who contributed greatly to this project including Evelyn Baez, B.A. Education, Karen Blank, M.D. Psychiatrist, Kenneth Brockman, Community Researcher and drug educator, Nuria Ciofalo, Ph.D., Psychologist, Gretchen Dieffenbach, Ph.D. Psychologist, Gustavo Lopez, B.A., journalism, Stephanie Kneip, Administrative Assistant, Gene Hickey, M.S.W; geriatric social worker, the Director and staff of the Hartford Housing Authority and to the many members of the tenants association and other informal groups in the 12 buildings that participated in this study. We would also like to thank members of the community clinic consortium that have supported the work of the project including mental health services at Hartford Hospital and St. Francis Hospital, Capital Region Mental Health Center, Charter Oak Rice Heights Health Clinic, Hartford Behavioral Health, and the Institute for the Hispanic Family. This study was supported by a three year grant from the Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation.

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    Jean J. Schensul, Kim Radda & William Disch

  2. University of Connecticut Health Center, Center on Aging, Hartford, CT, USA

    Julie Robison

  3. North Central Area Agency on Aging, Hartford, CT, USA

    Carmen Reyes

  4. Connecticut Alzheimer’s Association, Hartford, CT, USA

    Sonia Gaztambide

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Schensul, J.J., Robison, J., Reyes, C. et al. Building Interdisciplinary/Intersectoral Research Partnerships for Community-Based Mental Health Research with Older Minority Adults. Am J Community Psychol 38, 79–93 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10464-006-9059-y

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