Course Code: REL-BHC-0-IBHEIRRC2
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2029
Learning Objectives:
Identify factors that affect the behavioral health of people who live in rural and remote communities.
Recognize inequities in behavioral healthcare that affect people living in rural and remote communities.
Describe strategies behavioral health providers can use to address behavioral health inequities for people living in rural and remote communities.
Outline:
Section 1: Home Location and Behavioral Health
How Home Location Affects Health
Social Determinants of Health
Rural and Remote Communities
Intersecting Identities of People Living in a Rural and Remote Community
Review
Key Takeaways
Section 2: Inequity of Behavioral Healthcare
The Impact of Access in Behavioral Healthcare
Lack of Availability
Long Distances to Provider
Dual Relationships
Lack of Privacy
Stigma
Lack of Infrastructure
Consequences of Inequity
Review
Key Takeaways
Section 3: Addressing Inequity
Strategies for Addressing Inequity
Individual-Level Strategies
Organizational-Level Strategies
National-Level Strategies
Review
Key Takeaways
Section 4: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
References
Subject Matter Expert: Stephanie Langston, PhD.
Stephanie Langston, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in private practice in western North Carolina. Stephanie earned her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology from Washington State University and completed her predoctoral internship at Appalachian State University’s Counseling and Psychological Services Center. All of her clinical training took place in geographically rural and under-resourced communities. Her clinical specialties include trauma therapy, clinical supervision for counselors and psychologists, rural mental health, the human-animal bond, perinatal mental health, and serving clients who are in professional or informal caring roles (parents, caring for aging parents, healthcare professionals, educators, and mental health professionals). Her experiences as a mother (to children, dogs, a cat, chickens, and bees), partner, rural homeowner, and nature lover inform her psychological practice and self-care.
Writer: Amanda Gayle, Ph.D
Amanda Gayle received her PhD. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee. She completed a pre-doctoral internship at the University of Georgia in the Counseling and Testing Center. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Duke University Medical Center in the Occupational Health Department working in both the internal and external employee assistance programs. She is licensed in North Carolina, where she was in private practice for 15 years, serving primarily adults in individual and couples counseling with many presenting issues. Her focus was on cognitive behavioral therapy to treat anxiety, mood disorders, grief, relationship difficulties, stress management, self-esteem, and parenting. She joined Relias as a subject matter expert writer for behavioral health in 2021.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Behavioral Health Counselors; Marriage and Family Therapists; Psychologists; Social Workers; Substance Use Counselors; in the following settings: Behavioral Health: Community Services.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.