Health Neighborhoods: Integrating Care and Building Community to Improve Health Outcomes
Sponsor:
Serious Mental Illness Services and Quality of Life Research Cluster
Cost:
Free
The USC School of Social Work Serious Mental Illness Services and Quality of Life Research Cluster invites you to join us as Dr. Marvin Southard, DSW, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, shares his vision and progress in developing “Health Neighborhoods” as a community-based approach to coordinated care among health, mental health and substance abuse programs. Health Neighborhoods offer a platform to improve the quality of public mental health care by lessening the stigma of clients and addressing the most relevant social determinants of health outcomes in a particular community.
Light refreshments will be served.
The colloquium will be recorded.
For more information, contact:
Tania Reza, Administrative Assistant, Serious Mental Illness Services and Quality of Life Research Cluster,
USC School of Social Work: taniarez@usc.edu
Ann Marie Yamada, PhD, Interim Director Serious Mental Illness Services and Quality of Life Research Cluster Associate Professor USC School of Social Work: amyamada@usc.edu