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2019 RCI George and Bernadine Converse Lecture
March 20, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Announcing the 2019 RCI George and Bernadine Converse Lecture:
Wednesday, March 20th, 7pm, CUB 220 (Senior Ballroom), Washington State University
Dr. Alfiee M. Breland-Noble. “AAKOMA: Understanding Global-Historical Context and Complexity of Mental Heath & Depression Disparities in Black Youth.”
While the prevalence of depression rates varies little across racial groups of teens, Black (African American, Caribbean Black, Black African and Black Latinx) youth face significant disparities in accessing state of the art care. This presentation will illuminate the underlying historical and globally applicable psychological barriers to depression treatment engagement and research participation cited by Black youth, families and communities. Our presenter, Dr. Alfiee M. Breland-Noble (known publicly Dr. Alfiee), a leading expert in this area and director of the AAKOMA Research Lab at Georgetown University Medical Center, will highlight 20+ years of research findings to examine the practical application of theoretical approaches to community empowerment to address this problem and will describe outcomes of her team’s approach to strategic community engagement for reducing mental health disparities. She will also articulate real world barriers and facilitators of Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR), Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) and Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) with racially diverse populations, with an emphasis on Faith Based Mental Health Promotion.
Sponsored by The Roots of Contemporary Issues (RCI) Program, Department of History, in partnership with the Foley Institute and WSU College of Arts & Sciences.
For more information, contact history@wsu.edu.