A5056105070- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Community Health and Development
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
City University of New York
2019-2025
The Graduate Center, CUNY
2020-2025
RAND Corporation
2013-2025
Center for Innovation
2020-2024
Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital
2024
VA New England Healthcare System
2024
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center
2024
Auckland University of Technology
2024
Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior
2021
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
2017-2021
Understanding the effect of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on students' health and financial stability is important to establish effective interventions mitigate these effects, which may have long-term consequences their well-being. Public universities in urban centers represent a substantial proportion college students USA. We implemented cross-sectional population-based online survey 2282 large, public university New York City April 2020. created weights account for...
This study describes the construction and initial validation of Asian American Family Conflicts Scale (FCS) with 3 samples college students. The scale consists 10 typical family conflicts that are rated for likelihood occurrence (FCS-Likelihood) seriousness conflict (FCS-Seriousness). In Study 1, FCS-Likelihood FCS-Seriousness had sound internal reliability, stability, construct validity. 2, correlated socioeconomic cultural orientation variables. Ethnic, generation, language differences, as...
In the third article of a five-part series providing global perspective on integrating mental health, Victoria Ngo and colleagues discuss benefits requirements collaborative care models, where non-communicable disease health are integrated provided in primary setting. Please see later for Editors' Summary
Depression contributes to disability and there are ethnic/racial disparities in access outcomes of care. Quality improvement (QI) programs for depression primary care improve relative usual care, but health, social other community-based service sectors also support clients under-resourced communities. Little is known about effects on client strategies implement QI across diverse sectors.To compare the effectiveness Community Engagement Planning (CEP) Resources Services (RS) clients' mental...
Adolescent conduct problems exact serious social as well personal costs, and effective treatments are essential. One of the most widely disseminated programs for treatment in adolescents is Multisystemic Therapy (MST). However, evaluations MST have involved developers MST. The purpose present study was to an independent evaluation MST, with non-court-referred problems.
Risk of developing emotional and behavioral mental health problems increases markedly during adolescence. Despite this increasing need, most adolescents, particularly ethnic minority youth, do not seek professional help. Informed by conceptual models behavior, the current study examined how cultural values are related to help seeking among adolescents from 2 distinct racial/ethnic groups. Using a prospective survey design, 169 Vietnamese American European youth in 10th 11th grade reported on...
Depression collaborative care implementation using community engagement and planning (CEP) across programs improves 6-month client outcomes in minority communities, compared with technical assistance to individual (resources for services [RS]). However, 12-month are unknown.To compare effects of CEP RS on mental health-related quality life (MHRQL) use among depressed clients at 12 months.Matched health (n = 93) 2 communities randomly assigned receive or RS. (ClinicalTrials.gov:...
Despite 10 to% of persons living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa having clinical depression, and the consequences depression for key public health outcomes (HIV treatment adherence condom use), is rarely integrated into care programs. Task-shifting, protocolized approaches to have been used overcome severe shortages mental specialists developing countries, but not clients. The aims this trial are evaluate implementation cost-effectiveness a task-shifting, model antidepressant clinics...
This study evaluated the prevalence and severity of depression anxiety symptomatology, barriers to mental health access, correlates functional impairment among cancer inpatients.This cross-sectional recruited adult patients (N = 300) in June July 2022 at largest oncological hospital Vietnam. Multivariable linear regression analyses examined association between demographics, clinical characteristics, patients' impairment.Approximately 46.3% 27.0% showed some while 8.0% 3.0% experienced major...
Depression is common among people living with HIV, and it has consequences for both HIV prevention treatment response, yet depression rarely integrated into care in sub-Saharan Africa, partly due to the paucity of mental health professionals. We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial two task-shifting models facilitating delivered by medical providers: one that utilized structured protocol, relied on clinical acumen, 10 clinics Uganda. Both started routine screening all clients at...
This study assessed the severity of mental health concerns, including depression and anxiety, identified its association with psychosocial caregiving factors. A cross-sectional involved 213 family caregivers lung cancer patients was conducted between June 2023 August 2024 at a general provincial hospital in Northern Vietnam. Mental challenges (burden, preparedness, readiness for surrogate decision-making) factors (quality life social support) were measured. Modified Poisson regression...
This study examined racial-ethnic differences in the impact of Youth Partners Care quality improvement intervention. The intervention was designed to improve access evidence-based depression care, primarily cognitive-behavioral therapy and medication, through primary care. Previous analyses have shown that associated with improved quality-of-life outcomes at end six-month period.A randomized controlled trial comparing usual care for youths from diverse groups five health organizations,...
Children and adolescents are among the highest need populations in regards to mental health support, especially low middle income countries (LMIC). Yet resources LMIC for prevention treatment of problems limited, particular children adolescents. In this article, we discuss a model development child adolescent (CAMH) that has guided 10-year initiative focused on CAMH research infrastructure Vietnam. We first review general, then next present our program as it developed, twin Capacity...
Abstract Background Perinatal depression is associated with poor outcomes related to HIV care adherence, maternal functioning, and early child development. We examined whether the M-DEPTH (Maternal Depression Treatment in HIV) model—including antidepressant therapy individual problem-solving therapy—and alleviation would affect improvement each of these outcome domains. Methods A sample 354 pregnant women living (WLH) at least mild depressive symptoms (177 intervention usual control arms)...
Objective: Community engagement and planning (CEP) could improve dissemination of depression care quality improvement in underresourced communities, but whether its effects on provider training participation differ from those standard technical assistance, or resources for services (RS), is unknown. This study compared program- staff-level among programs enrolled CEP, which trained networks health social-community agencies jointly, RS, provided support to individual programs. Methods:...
This study examined predictors of stigma attitudes toward common youth emotional behavioral problems to test the hypothesis that interdependent cultural values would be associated with differential externalizing versus internalizing disorders. Furthermore, we whether problem-specific predict adolescents’ own self-reported manifestations distress. A total 1,224 Vietnamese American and European adolescents completed measures social distance in response vignettes depicting (depression, anxiety,...
Objectives. To compare the effectiveness of a (CEP) versus technical assistance approach (Resources for Services, or RS) to disseminate depression care low-income ethnic minority women. Methods. We conducted secondary analyses intervention effects largely low-income, women subsample (n = 595; 45.1% Latino and 45.4% African American) in matched, clustered, randomized control trial 2 low-resource communities Los Angeles, California, between 2010 2012. Outcomes assessed included mental health,...
Community Partners in Care, a community-partnered, cluster-randomized trial with depressed clients from 93 Los Angeles health and community programs, examined the added value of coalition approach (Community Engagement Planning [CEP]) versus individual program technical assistance (Resources for Services [RS]) implementing depression quality improvement underserved communities. CEP was more effective than RS improving mental health-related life, reducing behavioral hospitalizations, shifting...
Perinatal depression has been shown to impede adherence antiretroviral therapy (ART) and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) care continuum; therefore, treating perinatal may result in increased viral suppression PMTCT adherence. We examined effects M-DEPTH (Maternal Depression Treatment HIV) model (including antidepressants individual Problem Solving Therapy) on depression, maternal processes an ongoing cluster-randomized controlled trial 391 HIV-infected pregnant women...