Structural Competency: A New Medicine for the Inequalities That Are Making Us Sick

Presenters:

Helena Hansen, MD, PhD. Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Psychiatry, NYU
Kristel Thompson-Bush, LMSW, Consulting Community Mental Health Service Analyst

At the conclusion of the presentation, the 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

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Learning Outcome
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“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.”

Objectives/Learner's achievement of each objective
As a result of this educational activity, I am 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 *

Presenters

Presenter 1
Helena Hansen, MD, PhD. Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Psychiatry, NYU

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Teaching by this presenter was effective *

Presenter 2
Kristel Thompson-Bush, LMSW, Consulting Community Mental Health Service Analyst

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Teaching by this presenter was effective *

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