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Multicultural Approach to Youth Mental Health Services UCSF is examining new ways to deliver culturally appropriate mental health services to San Francisco County’s ethnically diverse youth. The California Endowment has awarded the UCSF Department of Psychiatry's Child and Adolescent Services Division a $700,000, three-year grant to develop a Multicultural Pre/Postdoctoral Clinical Training Program. The program will be the only the only one of its kind in the Bay Area. The curriculum will concentrate on health disparities experienced by ethnic and cultural minorities and place trainees in the community to treat underserved minority children and youth directly. "There is an alarmingly low number of ethnic and cultural minorities receiving doctorate degrees in clinical psychology," said Miriam Martinez, PhD, UCSF assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and director of Child and Adolescent Services at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center. "Access to services provided by health care professionals familiar with cultural issues and dedicated to community involvement are needed to address disparities in health and well-being for these groups." By the end of the three-year grant period, six predoctoral interns and six postdoctoral fellows will have completed the training program and provided care to more 500 ethnic minority children and adolescents at six community-based organizations, said Martinez. "The California Endowment is pleased to provide funding for this program that supports our mission of expanding access to affordable, quality health care for underserved communities," said Jacob Moody, program officer for The Endowment. "We hope that this program can serve as a model for replication throughout the state." The California Endowment, the state’s largest health foundation, was formed in 1996 to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians. The Endowment has regional offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Fresno and San Diego with program staff working throughout the state. Links:
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