Presentation Type
Poster
Discipline Track
Biomedical Science
Abstract Type
Research/Clinical
Abstract
Primary Care Behavioral Health Partnerships Advancing & Transforming Health Sciences (PCBH PATHS) is a workforce development pipeline project aimed at permanently augmenting UTRGV’s institutional capacity to address shortage of an Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) competent workforce locally, regionally and nationally. Our initiative, aligned with UTRGV strategic priorities and key initiatives, will integrate basic(model specific strategy and operational elements), mid-level (role identity and profession specific behavioral competencies specific to each health profession), and advanced (behavioral medicine clinical skills) applications of the evidence based PCBH model of delivery. A PCBH focused delivery system (clinical and educational), in which primary care providers (PCPs) and behavioral health consultants (BHCs) are trained to provide routine, population-based, biopsychosocial care in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) can increase parity for mental health access, minimize toxic effects of culturally bound stigma, reduce fragmentation of physical-mental health and stave off the effect of an expanding opioid use disorder (OUD) crisis.
Academic/Professional Position
Undergraduate
Mentor/PI Department
Family Medicine
Recommended Citation
Perez, Mayrin and Hernandez, Maria, "Primary Care Behavioral Health Partnerships Advancing & Transforming Health Sciences (PCBH PATHS)" (2024). Research Symposium. 91.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/somrs/2024/posters/91
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Primary Care Behavioral Health Partnerships Advancing & Transforming Health Sciences (PCBH PATHS)
Primary Care Behavioral Health Partnerships Advancing & Transforming Health Sciences (PCBH PATHS) is a workforce development pipeline project aimed at permanently augmenting UTRGV’s institutional capacity to address shortage of an Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) competent workforce locally, regionally and nationally. Our initiative, aligned with UTRGV strategic priorities and key initiatives, will integrate basic(model specific strategy and operational elements), mid-level (role identity and profession specific behavioral competencies specific to each health profession), and advanced (behavioral medicine clinical skills) applications of the evidence based PCBH model of delivery. A PCBH focused delivery system (clinical and educational), in which primary care providers (PCPs) and behavioral health consultants (BHCs) are trained to provide routine, population-based, biopsychosocial care in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) can increase parity for mental health access, minimize toxic effects of culturally bound stigma, reduce fragmentation of physical-mental health and stave off the effect of an expanding opioid use disorder (OUD) crisis.