Open AccessLeveraging a public–public partnership in Los Angeles County to address COVID-19 for children, youth, and families in underresourced communities.
Author(s) -
Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi,
Domenique Harrison,
Alex R. Kelman,
Sheryl H. Kataoka,
Audra K. Langley,
Natalie Ramos,
Gita Murthy Cugley,
Marta A Alquijay,
Kanchana Tate,
Patricia Lester,
Catherine Mogil,
Todd Franke,
Eraka Bath
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychological trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.059
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1942-9681
pISSN - 1942-969X
DOI - 10.1037/tra0000880
Subject(s) - general partnership , mental health , workforce , public health , psycinfo , psychological resilience , resilience (materials science) , economic growth , environmental health , political science , psychology , medicine , nursing , medline , psychiatry , social psychology , economics , physics , law , thermodynamics
There is growing concern about the mental health and social impact of COVID-19 on underresourced children, youth, and families given widespread social disruption, school closures, economic impact, and loss of lives. In this commentary we describe how an existing public-public partnership between a large county mental health department and a state university responded to COVID-19. This partnership, originally designed to address workforce needs, rapidly pivoted to support providers through a trauma- and resilience-informed approach to mitigating adverse mental health effects among youth and families in Los Angeles County. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).