Creating a Mentally Healthy Community Through the Use of Behavioral Health Indicators |
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Authors: | Susan A. Stone Lynda E. Frost James R. Van Norman Kathleen A. Casey |
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Affiliation: | (1) P.O. Box 220, 180 Bradley Lane, Rosanky, TX 78953, USA;(2) Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, University of Texas At Austin, P. O. Box 7998, Austin, TX 78713-7998, USA;(3) Austin Travis County Integral Care, 1430 Collier, Austin, TX 78704, USA |
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Abstract: | Recent decades have seen the development of robust systems of community health indicators, but those indicator sets tend to have few indicators related to behavioral health. Gauging community behavioral health can be complex, but given the interconnectedness of health and behavioral health and the high social and financial cost of unaddressed behavioral health needs, it is essential to develop meaningful indicators. A community-based participatory research project in Austin, Texas developed behavioral health indicators based on a review of social indicators movements across the globe, existing sets of proposed key indicators of mental health and mental illness, and ongoing community initiatives in Austin relevant to behavioral health. The community behavioral health indicators have been refined through the challenging process of implementing them in the face of competing efforts and imprecise communication about their use. While indicators should always be adapted to suit local conditions, this indicator set should provide a good starting point for researchers and communities to assess and improve the behavioral health of their community. |
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