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Valentine A, DeAngelo D, Alegría M, et al. Translating disparities research to policy: a qualitative study of state mental health policymakers' perceptions of mental health care disparities report cards. Psychol Serv. 2014;11(4):377-87doi: 10.1037/a0037978.
Valentine, A., DeAngelo, D., Alegría, M., & Cook, B. L. (2014). Translating disparities research to policy: a qualitative study of state mental health policymakers' perceptions of mental health care disparities report cards. Psychological services, 11(4), 377-87. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037978
Valentine, Anne, et al. "Translating disparities research to policy: a qualitative study of state mental health policymakers' perceptions of mental health care disparities report cards." Psychological services vol. 11,4 (2014): 377-87. doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037978
Valentine A, DeAngelo D, Alegría M, Cook BL. Translating disparities research to policy: a qualitative study of state mental health policymakers' perceptions of mental health care disparities report cards. Psychol Serv. 2014 Nov;11(4):377-87. doi: 10.1037/a0037978. PMID: 25383993; PMCID: PMC4228957.
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Psychol Serv. 2014 Nov;11(4):377-87. doi: 10.1037/a0037978.

Translating disparities research to policy: a qualitative study of state mental health policymakers' perceptions of mental health care disparities report cards.

Psychological services

Anne Valentine, Darcie DeAngelo, Margarita Alegría, Benjamin L Cook

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  1. Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research, Cambridge Health Alliance.

PMID: 25383993 PMCID: PMC4228957 DOI: 10.1037/a0037978

Abstract

Report cards have been used to increase accountability and quality of care in health care settings, and to improve state infrastructure for providing quality mental health care services. However, to date, report cards have not been used to compare states on racial/ethnic disparities in mental health care. This qualitative study examines reactions of mental health care policymakers to a proposed mental health care disparities report card generated from population-based survey data of mental health and mental health care utilization. We elicited feedback about the content, format, and salience of the report card. Interviews were conducted with 9 senior advisors to state policymakers and 1 policy director of a national nongovernmental organization from across the United States. Four primary themes emerged: fairness in state-by-state comparisons; disconnect between the goals and language of policymakers and researchers; concerns about data quality; and targeted suggestions from policymakers. Participant responses provide important information that can contribute to making evidence-based research more accessible to policymakers. Further, policymakers suggested ways to improve the structure and presentation of report cards to make them more accessible to policymakers, and to foster equity considerations during the implementation of new health care legislation. To reduce mental health care disparities, effort is required to facilitate understanding between researchers and relevant stakeholders about research methods, standards for interpretation of research-based evidence, and its use in evaluating policies aimed at ameliorating disparities.

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