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Implementation Issues
and Next Steps
Members of the African American Panel proposed that a number of action steps are required to advance this set of standards and guidelines. These steps include the following:
Coordination of this set of guidelines with those from other groups
to develop a comprehensive set of standards and guidelines for populations of color.
Development of consumer satisfaction measures for populations of
color
Identification of effective mental health programs in a managed care
environment.
Development of age specific standards and guidelines for populations
of color.
Development of diagnosis specific standards and guidelines for
populations of color.
Development of standards and guidelines for mental health systems.
Identification of specific competencies necessary for the provision
of treatment of mental health services to people of color.
Translation of these specific competencies into training and
educational curriculum.
Development of cultural competency certification requirements for
professionals.
Development and implementation of a national conference on cultural
competency, managed care and people of color.
Inclusion of cultural competency standards and guidelines in national
and state policies and contracts in managed care.
Development of a national web site where data and information about
managed care from a people of color perspective can be obtained and applied by minority
agencies, providers, and organizations.
Survey a sample of mental health professionals of African descent to obtain their assessment of the standards and guidelines included in this report.
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