Website/URL: http://www.promoteacceptance.s...ference02282012.aspx
Organized By: SAMHSA
Presenters:
Oscar Jimenez-Solomon, M.P.H., is a public health professional and advocate with over 12 years of experience in program development and applied research in health, disability, and economic development issues.
Crystal Blyler, Ph.D., is a senior researcher at Mathematica Policy Research, where she works on projects related to health, mental health, and disability.
Maura Kelley, CPRP, is Director of Mental Health Peer Connection, one of the family of agencies of Western New York Independent Living.
Overview:
“The biggest enemy of health in the developing world is poverty."1
– Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations
According to the World Health Organization, the social determinants of health are the complex, integrated, and overlapping social structures and economic systems that are responsible for most health inequities. “The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age . . . and are shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources”2 throughout local communities, nations, and the world.3
Addressing poverty is a social, economic, and health imperative. People with behavioral health problems are disproportionately affected by poverty. In fact, 32 percent of people with behavioral health problems live below the poverty line4 and 72 percent are unemployed.5 Economic stressors and other social determinants of health (lack of education, social isolation, societal norms and discrimination, limited transportation options, etc.) intersect, keeping individuals and families trapped in a cycle of poverty.
During this webinar, you will learn about innovative, multifaceted interventions that assist people along the path to breaking the poverty cycle by addressing a number of intersecting determinants of health. You will gain an understanding of how these interventions impact a life, a family, and a community.
Learning Objectives:
To identify components of effective programs and interventions that take a multifaceted approach to assisting people with mental and substance use disorders in exiting poverty, which results in improved mental health and enhanced community engagement.
To gain a greater understanding for how the cycle of poverty; economic stressors, such as unemployment and substandard housing; and other social determinants of health disproportionately impact people with behavioral health problems.
To understand from a first-person perspective how someone can engage a range of community supports and services to exit poverty and experience financial health and satisfying community integration.
Target Audiences:
People in recovery from mental health, substance use, and trauma-related challenges
Families
Homelessness and housing organizations
Social service, welfare, and employment services
Criminal justice officials
Policymakers or public officials
Leaders of community- and faith-based organizations
Health and behavioral health providers
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