Improving Behavioral Health Services in the Time of COVID-19 and Racial Inequities

Unmet need for mental health services utilization among under-resourced Black and Latinx adults.

“…These findings are consistent with research documenting that Black and Latinx populations with trauma histories, living with HIV and/or residual, chronic mental health symptoms often perceive the need for MHS and fail to obtain needed services (Davis et al, 2016; Shim et al, 2021). To address these inequities, primary care settings are increasingly integrating mental health services.…”

Factors that affect online shopping intention:The case of Lebanon

“…Thus, H2 is supported. The results are confirmed with the literature review (Lim et al 2016;Chiu et al, 2014;Moslehpour et al 2018;Shim et al 2021;Isaac et al 2017;Sukno & Riquelme, 2019;Yang, Pang, Liu, Yen, and Tarn, 2015). This means that consumers' desire to buy is correlated with their estimation of how simple a product is to use.…”

“…Ease of use is also closely linked to the shopping experience, which is closely linked to the intent to buy (Moslehpour et al, 2018). In a study that looked at the purchase intent of a specific coffee brand, it was found that the ease of using the software application had a positive impact on the purchase intent in coffee services (Shim et al, 2021). However, the empirical data may vary, meaning that the impact of ease of use on purchasing intent may vary depending on the context and technology studied (Isaac et al, 2017).…”

Equitable Mental Health Care Is Mental Health Care for All

“…These roles, according to the scope and standards, must recognize and address health care inequities that result from “complex and interrelated factors such as membership in racial/ethnic groups, socioeconomic status, age, gender, citizenship status, disability status, geographic/environmental location, and sexual orientation.”(American Nurses Association et al, 2022). As made even more salient by the national mental health crises during the COVID-19 pandemic, tackling such inequities requires multi-level approaches to address preventive mental health care, mental health parity, availability of treatment programs, the distribution of the mental health workforce, collaborative care, and community empowerment (Beeber, 2019; Shim et al, 2021; Stewart & Shim, 2020). We choose to practice among underserved populations and areas of poor care access, as well as lead scientific inquiry into innovative solutions to inequities in mental health care delivery and access (American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 2022; Myers, 2019).…”