APAHC Task Force on Disparities & Diversity

Vision Statement:  The APAHC Task Force on Health Disparities and Diversity values the unique strengths and abilities of all persons and seeks to support their behavioral and emotional health. The Task Force works to increase the provision of research-informed care that reflects the needs and concerns of diverse populations to help eliminate disparities and promote behavioral and emotional health among different groups.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Health Disparities/Diversity Task Force of the American Psychological Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers (APAHC) is to:

1. Support APAHC in maintaining an equitable environment for diverse psychologists in Academic Health Centers.

2. Ensure that issues of diversity in race, gender, sexual orientation and ability status remain central to the mission of APAHC.

3. Foster discussion among AHC psychologists on research, clinical care and policy related to health disparities in behavioral health and academic medicine.

4. Promote research on training models and clinical care to address health disparities.

5. Support skill development and mentorship attainment in areas relevant to diversity (broadly defined) among early career psychologists and trainees.

6. Implement targeted training programs for providers, researchers, and administrators

2012-2013 Planned Tasks

1. Organize a literature review(s) of the state of health disparities
   and diversity research in psychology in academic health centers and
   academic medicine.

2. Create a strategic plan

3. Delineate tasks and subcommittees for said tasks

4. Plan presence at the 2013 APAHC conference

5. Organize quarterly programming items (e.g. webinar on sources for
   Health Disparities funding; webinar on defining diversity and health
   disparities; webinar on professional development issues for diversity in the workplace, etc.)

6. Add 2 reports on diversity in the biomedical research workforce as well as 2 peer reviewed journal articles on difficulties faced by African American biomedical researchers in obtaining funding from the NIH.

7. Hold an open call for comments on strategies to be undertaken to address diverse researcher NIH awards from individuals who have encountered difficulties in obtaining funding.

1. African American Youth Mental Health: Individual, Environmental and Clinical Factors in Context
   Alfiee M. Breland-Noble Pages 1-3
   

2. Relationship Between Religiosity and Conduct Problems Among African American and Caucasian Adolescents
   Sherry Davis Molock, Crystal L. Barksdale Pages 4-14
   

3. Racial Discrimination and African American Adolescents’ Adjustment: Gender Variation in Family and Community Social Support, Promotive and Protective Factors
   Shauna M. Cooper, Charity Brown, Isha Metzger… Pages 15-29
   

4. African Americans and Mathematics Outcomes on National Assessment of Educational Progress: Parental and Individual Influences
   Richard Noble III, Crystal Hill Morton Pages 30-37
   

5. Adverse Life Events, Coping and Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors in Urban African American Youth
   Yadira M. Sanchez, Sharon F. Lambert… Pages 38-47
   

6. A Qualitative Exploration of Rural African American Youth Perceptions about the Effect of Dating Violence on Sexual Health
   Tanya A. Montoya, Dionne Smith Coker-Appiah… Pages 48-62
   

7. The Influence of Supportive Parenting and Racial Socialization Messages on African American Youth Behavioral Outcomes
   Corinn A. Elmore, Noni K. Gaylord-Harden Pages 63-75
   

8. Stress Among African American Emerging Adults: The Role of Family and Cultural Factors
   Kristina Hood, Joshua Brevard, Anh Bao Nguyen… Pages 76-84
   

9. Protective Factors for Depression Among African American Children of Predominantly Low-Income Mothers with Depression
   Rhonda C. Boyd, Christine Waanders Pages 85-95
   

10. Depression in Inner City African American Youth: A Phenomenological Study
    Mirian E. Ofonedu, William H. Percy… Pages 96-106
    

11. Understanding the Behavioral Determinants of Mental Health Service Use by Urban, Under-Resourced Black Youth: Adolescent and Caregiver Perspectives
    Michael A. Lindsey, Kerri Chambers, Cara Pohle… Pages 107-121
    

12. Predictors of Therapist Adherence and Emotional Bond in Multisystemic Therapy: Testing Ethnicity as a Moderator
    Stacy R. Ryan, Phillippe B. Cunningham… Pages 122-136
    

13. Developing Culturally Responsive Evidence-Based Practice: A Game-Based Group Therapy Program for Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)
    Justin R. Misurell, Craig Springer Pages 137-149
    

14. Chicago Urban Resiliency Building (CURB): An Internet-Based Depression-Prevention Intervention for Urban African-American and Latino Adolescents
    Alexandria Saulsberry, Marya E. Corden… Pages 150-160
    

15. Uplifting the Family: African American Parents’ Ideas of How to Integrate Religion into Family Health Programming
    Dominica F. McBride Pages 161-173
    

16. Book Review
    James K. Luiselli (ed): Teaching and Behavior Support for Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Practitioner’s Guide
    Ramasamy Manikam Pages 174-175