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Reducing Behavioral Health Disparities in Rural Primary Care

Center:
NE-Munroe-Meyer Institute of Genetics & Rehabilitation, UCEDD/LEND
Fiscal Year:
2007
Contact Information:
Tawyna Meadows

Project Description:
The Nebraska UCEDD will collaborate in the development and implementation of a behavioral health program for rural residents of East Central Nebraska counties of Boone, Colfax, Platte, and Nance. The UCEDD's Behavioral Health training program will provide faculty, post-doctoral fellow, and trainee support to the Good Neighbor Community Health Center of Columbus Nebraska (GNCHC)for outpatient services and supervision of provisionally licensed mental health practitioners and students. The MMI also intends to participate, with the GNCHC, by providing interdisciplinary evaluation services to the Boys and Girls Homes of Nebraska diagnostic program.
Keyword(s):
Behavioral Health, Rural, Primary Care, Training
Core Function(s):
Training Trainees, Performing Technical Assistance and/or Training, Performing Research or Evaluation
Area of Emphasis
Health-Related Activities
Target Audience:
Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Community Trainees / Short term trainees, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
Mulit-County
Funding Source:
Federal
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
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