title: Integrated and Culturally Relevant Care: A Model to Prepare Social Workers for Primary Care Behavioral Health Practice.
abstract: Policymakers and researchers emphasize needs for an integrated, effective, and efficient health care system to address well-documented disparities and inequities in care experienced by diverse populations. The Affordable Care Act, through its support of integrated health care, addresses social determinants of health with a goal of increasing access to care. Social work is poised to assume a central position in health care reform and integrated behavioral health, but must prepare practitioners to work alongside medical providers in health care settings. This article describes a social work field education model developed in partnership with community mental health and health care providers. The model, Integrated and Culturally Relevant Care, prepares social work students to provide behavioral health services in integrated primary care environments.
authors.affiliation: a College of Social Work , The Ohio State University , Columbus , Ohio , USA.
authors.forename: Tamara S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: a College of Social Work , The Ohio State University , Columbus , Ohio , USA.
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guada
authors.affiliation: a College of Social Work , The Ohio State University , Columbus , Ohio , USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reno
authors.affiliation: b Formerly of Mental Health America of Franklin County , Columbus , Ohio , USA.
authors.forename: Adriane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peck
authors.affiliation: b Formerly of Mental Health America of Franklin County , Columbus , Ohio , USA.
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: b Formerly of Mental Health America of Franklin County , Columbus , Ohio , USA.
authors.forename: Laura Moskow
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sigal
authors.affiliation: c PrimaryOne Health , Columbus , Ohio , USA.
authors.forename: Staci
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Swenson
mesh_terms: D054521:Cultural Competency; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008403:Mass Screening; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D057545:Social Stigma; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: behavioral health; culturally relevant; field education; integrated care; primary care; social work