Health Disparities Initiative

Addressing Behavioral Health Disparities and Improving Cultural Competence
within a Statewide System of Care

• What is DMHAS and what challenges do we face as CT's public sector behavioral health authority?
• What are some of the health disparities we’re seeing?
• What are the characteristics of a culturally competent system of care?
• What initial steps have we taken toward developing culturally relevant programs?

For answers to these questions and more, follow the links to:

• Addressing Behavioral Health Disparities Within DMHAS
• Quality:  Raising The Bar By Addressing Health Disparities

  Links to Other Resources:

• Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
• President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health  
• Dept of Health & Human Services: Office of Minority Health  
• Penn State: Social Science Research Institute

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