Meaningful partnerships between community and academic/public health co-researchers are needed to address community mental health, wellbeing, and health disparities. Partnerships should center the strengths, needs, and interests of communities on the communities’ terms while building relationships on trust and shared power. UW researchers in partnership with the Community Health Board Coalition (CHBC) have developed an […]
This multi-method, participatory study centers Black Veterans and seeks to understand barriers and facilitators to weight loss among Black Veterans. The overall goal of this project is to reduce disparities between Black Veterans and White Veterans in the effectiveness of weight loss treatments.
Women, femme-aligned people, and sapphic people around the country experience different types of identity-based stigma. Identity-based stigma can be related to personal characteristics like sexual orientation, gender identity, and race. The goal of this study is to understand the impact of identity-based stigma on mental health and recovery from trauma in different parts of the […]
This project will 1) identify the unique barriers autistic young adults experience in accessing full-model Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for suicidal thoughts and behaviors and non-suicidal self-injury in community settings, 2) determine needed adaptations to DBT from the perspectives of service providers and recipients, and 3) user-test elements of a redesigned DBT protocol.
This project is the starting point for a potentially transformative opportunity to extending the reach of mental healthcare professionals into the large and often underserved population of youth sport participants.
This project is initiating a collaboration between clinicians and law enforcement for dementia crisis intervention in order to establish appropriate safety measures to be enacted in WA communities.
This project will address an urgent need for evidence-based, culturally responsive approaches to increase protective factors against substance use and mental illness in AI/AN communities.
This project will survey community pharmacy staff and behavioral healthcare providers in Washington State to assess the acceptability, appropriateness and feasibility of long-acting injectable antipsychotics administration in community pharmacies.
