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Project

Mental & Behavioral Health Education and Training

Center:

NE-Munroe-Meyer Institute of Genetics & Rehabilitation, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2014

Contact Information:

Joseph Evans
[email protected]
402-559-6408

Project Description:

Provides internship training for psychology students completing their final year of applied doctoral education. Grant is designed to provide stipend support for 18 psychology interns in underserved and rural areas where behavioral health services have been lacking. The goal of the program is to increase access and services to underserved populations, with emphasis upon establishing behavioral health delivery in pediatric primary care practices. In addition to Nebraska, the program will provide internships at replication and dissemination sites in at least three other sites across the country.

Keyword(s):

Internship; behavioral health; rural; primary care

Core Function(s):

Training Trainees

Area of Emphasis

Health-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees)

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

State