title: Rural African American clergy: are they literate on late-life depression?
abstract: This exploratory study examined rural African American clergy's knowledge of and experience in providing support to African American elders with late-life depression. Interviews were conducted with nine African American clergy who oversaw rural churches in central Kentucky. Jorm and colleagues provide a conceptual framework for mental health literacy to explore participants' knowledge of late-life depression. Although few clergy had direct experience with counseling a depressed older adult, all the clergy were considered literate regarding late-life depression and its treatment. These findings have implications for social workers building collaborative community treatment relationships.
authors.affiliation: Eastern Washington University, WA, USA. kim_stansbury@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Kim L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Stansbury
authors.forename: Travonia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brown-Hughes
authors.forename: Debra A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Harley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002977:Clergy / Q000523:psychology*; D003376:Counseling; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007629:Kentucky; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population