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Watkins is the Director of the Vivian A. and James L. Curtis Center for Health Equity Research and Training at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Since its establishment in 2008, the Curtis Center has been a catalyst for social change in underserved communities, all the while shaping the careers of budding scholars dedicated to ameliorating health and social disparities.
Ricardo Felipe Muñoz is an academic, psychologist, and author.He is Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology at Palo Alto University, and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (based at San Francisco General Hospital—SFGH). [1]
She was later chief of the research scientist development program in the office for research on disparities and global mental health at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). In this position, she managed research and research training programs and makes policy recommendations that focus on assuring increased emphasis on the mental ...
The importance of obtaining information from multiple perspectives has been demonstrated by meta-analytic findings of substantial disparities between ratings of children’s problems by mothers, fathers, teachers, mental health workers, observers, and children themselves (Achenbach, McConaughy, & Howell, 1987).
Further research on the mental health disparities among sex and gender is needed in order to gain a deeper knowledge of the predictors of mental health and the possible differences in treatments. Adult women are at a high risk of experiencing mental health disorders during their pregnancy, however, most physicians do not address this until the ...
[3] [4] This research has been cited as foundational for group prenatal care with special populations such as refugees, teens, military populations, pregnant women with chronic diseases including diabetes and HIV, and high-risk pregnant women – especially Black women – with a focus on reducing racial and health disparities. [5] [6] Further ...
[9] [10] [13] Gender-based mental health disparities suggest that gender is a factor that could be leading to unequal health outcomes. [14] Research studies included in Lancet Psychiatry Women's Mental Health Series focuses on understanding why some of these gendered disparities might exist. [15]
Bullock is most known for her work on health equity and health disparities. Her work primarily focuses on cultural competence, diversity, and palliative care and has been published in academic journals including Journal of social work in end-of-life & palliative care and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. [2]