Disparities and Cultural Competence (DACC) Advisory Committee
The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services created a Disparities and Cultural Competence (DACC) Advisory Committee, comprised of staff and external community members, with the goal of eliminating disparities and moving towards health equity. The DACC Advisory Committee developed a plan to ensure that service equity is a priority in the public behavioral health system by 2020. The committee identified the following objectives:
- Identify Core Quality Indicators to effectively track and monitor performance
- Develop a Business Case for cultural and linguistic competency
- Create a Cultural and Linguistic Competence Plan for all human services
- Identify best and promising practices based on lessons learned and develop a promising practice resource bank/learning community
African American
Full Articles
- African Americans and Multicultural Interventions, Smith College Studies in Social Work
- Advancing the Africentric Paradigm Shift Discourse, Journal of Social Work
- Reconceptualizing Access: A Cultural Competence Approach to Improving Mental Health of African American Women, Social Work in Public Health
- Patient Satisfaction and Perceptions of Physical Cultural Competence, Journal of Cultural Diversity
- Intervention To Increase African-American and Latino Participation in AIDS Clinical Trials: The ACT2 Program, SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices
- Strategies for Behavioral Health Organizations to Promote New Health Insurance Opportunities in African American Communities, SAMHSA
PowerPoint and Video Presentations
- Lum, Cultural Competence with African Americans, Culturally Competent Practice
- DACC African American Learning Series Video
- DACC African American Learning Series PowerPoint
Resource List
- African American Resource Articles
- African American Families’ Expectations and Intentions for Mental Health Services, Spring Science+Business Media
- Differences in the Association between Gambling Problem Severity and Psychiatric Disorders among Black and White Adults, The American Journal on Addiction
American Indians/Alaskan Native
Full Articles
- Best Practices in Counseling Native Americans, Journal of Indigenous Research
- A Community-Based Treatment for Native American Historical Trauma: Prospects for Evidence-Based Practice, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
- Strategies for Behavioral Health Organizations to Promote New Health Insurance Opportunities In American Indian and Alaska Native Communities, SAMHSA
- Solution-Focused Therapy as a Culturally Acknowledging Approach with American Indians, Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development
Power Point Presentations
- Smith, Indian Health Service Model
- Lum, Cultural Competence with First Nations People, Culturally Competent Practice
Resource List
Asian and Pacific Islander
Full Articles
- Comparison of substance abuse treatment utilization and preferences among Native Hawaiians, Asian Americans and Euro Americans, Journal of Substance Use
- CBT: A Potential Treatment for Depression among Asian Indian Immigrant Women in the United States, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
- Developing Culturally Competent Marriage and Family Therapists: Guidelines for Working with Asian Indian American Couples, The American Journal of Family Therapy
- Asian and European American Cultural Values, Bicultural Competence, and Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Among Asian American Adolescents, Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development
- The Evolution of Community Mental Health Services in Asian American Communities, Clinical Social Work Journal
- Strategies for Behavioral Health Organizations to Promote New Health Insurance Opportunities In Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities, SAMHSA
- The Southeast Asian Refugees and Community Mental Health, Journal of Community Psychology
- Gender Differences among Asian and Pacific Islander Treatment Admissions Aged 18 to 25, The TEDS Report
Power Point Presentations
Resource List
- Asian American Resource Articles
- Engaging Asian American Youth and their Families in Quality Mental Health Services, Asian Journal of Psychiatry
- Promoting Cultural Competence in Counseling Asian American Children and Adolescents, Psychology in the Schools
- Culturally Sensitive Counseling for Asian/Pacific Islanders, Journal of Instructional Psychology
- Asian-Americans, Addictions, and Barriers to Treatment, Psychiatry
- A Report on the State of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Ohio
Hispanic and Latino
Full Articles
- Differences in Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions between Mexican-American Males and Females, The TEDS Report
- Cultural Competence in the Assessment of Poor Mexican Families in the Rural Southeastern United States, Child Welfare League of America
- Culturally Adapted CBT: Integrating Sexual, Spiritual, and Family Identities in an Evidence-Based Treatment of a Latino Adolescent, Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Mental Health among Mexican Refugees Fleeing Violence and Trauma, International Consortium for Social Development
- Strategies for Behavioral Health Organizations to Promote New Health Insurance Opportunities in Latino and Hispanic Communities, SAMHSA
Power Point Presentations
- Lum, Cultural Competence with Latino and Hispanic Communities, Culturally Competent Practice
- DACC Learning Series Hispanic and Latino
Resource List
Somali Population
Additional Race/Ethnic/Cultural Groups
- LGBTQ PowerPoint
- Committee Documents
- Resource Bank
- Learning Series
- Business Case for Promoting Cultural and Linguistic Cultural Competency and Health Care Equity in the Ohio Behavioral Health Care System
- Business Case for Promoting Equity - Executive Summary
- DACC Core Quality Indicators
- Into Action: 2020 Strategic Vision - State of Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services Cultural and Linguistic Competency Plan
The plan involves using strategies from the National Partnership for Action’s 2011 National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity report which was developed to identify and address behavioral health disparities.
