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Behavioral Health ECHO: Culturally Relevant Community Resilience and Mental Health Promotion - The Role of Community Health Workers
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If you are interested in participating, please email echo@iowapca.org. |
Target Audience
Primary care physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, substance use disorder professionals, or clinic staff who support behavioral health services.
Purpose
Led by a panel of behavioral health experts, Behavioral Health ECHO helps participants learn best practices for treating common mental health conditions and connect with peers from around the state to discuss and learn best practices in identifying and treating behavioral health issues. The curriculum is delivered at no cost through case-based learning strategies via video conferencing technology.
Learning Objectives
Coming soon.
Speakers
Mary- Ellen Brown, PhD, MPA, MSW
Dr. Brown is an associate professor in the School of Social Work of the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions at Arizona State University and the founder and director of ASU's Office of Community Health, Engagement, and Resiliency. Through varied experiences in Brown's academic and professional history, she has a robust background in research and evaluation, community health, positive youth development, and neighborhood planning and revitalization. Brown's scholarship is focused on the effects of poverty and violence as related to the resiliency, health, and well-being of underserved communities, including Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, and urban Native American populations.
Brown's specialized research areas include examining social determinants of health embedded in components of equitable community development, community health, and systems that perpetuate poverty and community stress and trauma. This line of investigation specializes in developing valid and reliable measures for determining the effectiveness of community-engaged prevention and intervention efforts in promoting resiliency and positive health outcomes to combat minority health inequities and related risk factors.
In 2019, Brown was recognized with the Emerging Community Solutions Scholar Award and the Community Solutions Research Team award from the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions for her community-engaged action research. In 2020, Brown was recognized by NASW-AZ Branch II as Social Worker of the Year and by the Association for Community Organization and Social Action (ACOSA) with the 2020 Emerging Scholar Award. In 2021, her research unit, ASU's Office of Community Health, Engagement, and Resiliency, received the ASU President's Medal for Social Embeddedness.
Education
- PhD: Louisiana State University, School of Social Work 2015
- MPA: Louisiana State University, EJ Ourso College of Business 2011
- MSW: University of South Carolina, College of Social Work, Macro Practice Concentration 2004
- BS: Psychology, Spring Hill College 2000
Accreditation Statements
MD: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Iowa Medical Society (IMS) through the joint providership of Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences 
(DMU) and the Iowa Primary Care Association. DMU is accredited by IMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians. DMU designates this live, online activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.- DO: Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences (DMU) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. DMU designates this activity for a maximum of 1.5 AOA Category 2-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
- Nurse: Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences is Iowa Board of Nursing approved provider #112. This live activity has been reviewed and approved for 1.5 continuing education contact hour(s). No partial credit is awarded.
- Other Healthcare Professionals: This live activity is designated for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
EDUCATIONAL GRANTS
No ineligible company provided financial support for this continuing education activity.
DISCLOSURES
The planning committee member(s) and speaker(s) will disclose if any pharmaceuticals or medical procedures and devices discussed are investigational or unapproved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The determination of educational content and the selection of speakers is the responsibility of the activity director.
Relevant to the content of this educational activity, the following individual(s) have no conflict(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
- Autumn Brunia, DO - Planning Committee Member
- Tiffany Conroy, MSW, LISW - Moderator
- Jon Decker, LMHC - Planning Committee Member
- Bery Engebretsen, MD - Activity Director
- Nicole Gastala, MD - Planning Committee Member
- Anasara Henry, DNP, ARNP, PMHNP-BC - Planning Committee Member
- Janice Landy, MD - Planning Committee Member
- Danielle O'Brien-Day, LMHC, NCC - Planning Committee Member
- Liz Rosa - Activity Coordinator and Moderator
- Andrea Storjohann MSN, ARNP, PMHNP-BC, CADC - Planning Committee Member
Disclaimer
The information provided in this activity is for continuing education purposes only. It is not a substitute for a healthcare provider's independent medical judgment regarding diagnostic and treatment options for a specific patient's medical condition. The content of this educational offering does not reflect the views of Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences.
Available Credit
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- 1.50 AOA Category 2A
- 1.50 CE Contact Hour(s)
- 1.50 IBON