AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Cultural Competency in Mental Health Peer-Run Programs and Self-Help Groups: A Tool to Assess and Enhance Your Services

AHRQ Innovations Exchange | Cultural Competency in Mental Health Peer-Run Programs and Self-Help Groups: A Tool to Assess and Enhance Your Services

Description

This tool, for program managers of mental health peer-run programs and self-help groups, provides a step-by-step process to assess and cultivate cultural competency. The guide helps program managers identify strengths and limitations in five key organizational areas to meeting the needs its members. The five focus areas are: Administration, policies, and guidelines Peer providers and group leaders Services and support Program and group environment Communication and language capacity

Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/disclaimer.aspx?redirect=http://www.cmhsrp.uic.edu/download/CulturalCompetencyTool.pdf (If you don't have the software to open this PDF, download free Adobe Acrobat Reader® software.)

Developer National Alliance on Mental Illness; University of Illinois-Chicago

Funding Sources Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (U.S.)