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Community Partners in Care Many people suffer from depression, especially those living in communities that may not have the services that have been shown to work well in treating depression. By "depression", we mean a period of weeks, months or years of feeling sad, blue or having loss of interest in enjoyable activities almost all of the time and having other problems like difficulty concentrating or low energy. Depression is an illness that can be treated. Communities need more options to treat depression. Community Partners in Care (CPIC) was developed and is being run by community and academic partners who are working together to learn how to best improve services for depression in Los Angeles communities. This partnership is funded by the National Institutes of Health. CPIC compares two ways of improving care: - One approach brings different community agencies together so that they can develop their own programs and plan how best to work as a team to provide depression care to the community. This group is known as the Community Engagement (CE) intervention. - Another approach uses health experts to make agencies aware of programs that have already been proven to work well in improving depression care. This group is known as the Expert Consultation group. The purpose of the research study is to learn: - how the two approaches affect what is done by agencies and providers to improve depression care and - how clients or community members improve their depression over time. Each approach could have its strengths and weaknesses. One could be easier or cheaper to use and the other could be more effective. By comparing and learning about both approaches, the community has a better chance of learning which approach can best help the community reduce the burden of depression and how to continue offering those services that work. No matter which approach to improve depression turns out to be the best one, Community Partners in Care is a "participatory" research project as a whole. Community agencies, community members and academic partners are equally at the table and share the decisions, resources, and lessons learned from the project, to make sure that whatever we learn together will be a "win" for the community. Different types of organizations and individuals will be involved in CPIC. CPIC is from, about, and for local communities, learning together with local academic partners. If you would like more information about CPIC or would like to get involved you may contact anyone listed below: Andrea Jones Ken Wells, MD, MPH Elizabeth Dixon, RN, MPH, PhD Veronica Jimenez, MPH |
Principal Investigators: Kenneth B. Wells, M.D., M.P.H.; Jeanne Miranda, Ph.D.; Loretta Jones, M.A.; Elizabeth Dixon Sponsored by: |
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