Structural Competency: A New Medicine for the Inequalities That Are Making Us Sick
Originally presented on February 29, 2016
Overview
Dr. Helena Hansen, co-author of the article on structural competency that inspired this certificate series, will describe the components of structural competency and how it can be used to correct a problematic model of culture commonly used in cultural competency training.
She will discuss the social determinants of mental health and the role that institutional racism and structural violence play in poor mental health in African American communities and present her own research on the ethnic marketing of opioids and unequal access to treatment for opioid addiction.
One of Dr. Hansen’s community partners, Kristel Thompson-Bush, will then talk about Brooklyn’s Brownsville Partnership, a comprehensive organization composed of 27 agencies and community-based organizations, and how it has worked with psychiatry residents to integrate mental health into its programs.
Target Audience
Public health professionals, environmental professionals, physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, local health department staff and other medical and public health professionals.
Webinar
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Speakers
Helena Hansen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Psychiatry
New York University (NYU)
Kristel Thompson-Bush, LMSW
Consulting Community Mental Health Service Analyst
Learning Outcome and Objectives
As a result of this activity, the learner will be able to enhance their knowledge and competence on the components of structural competency and how it can be used to correct a problematic model of culture commonly used in cultural competency training.
After watching this webinar participants will be able to:
- Identify a problematic aspect of the model of culture traditionally presented in cultural competency training in medical schools and other institutions
- Discuss structural violence as one of the social determinants of mental health
- Name steps essential to structural interventions
- Name some of the main tasks necessary for the health care and public health workforce to put structural competency into practice
Evaluation, Post-Test and Certificate
Continuing Education Credits
Continuing Education credits expired for this activity in February 2022. We encourage you to fill out the evaluation as your responses help us to plan future programs.