Module 4 Reflection

Complete all activities and readings in the module. Submit a 2-page reflection paper in APA style. Reflections should focus on the application of module content rather than a summary of content. How do you imagine using the concepts/ideas/models presented in practice? Incorporate and cite at least three concepts/materials from the module. For written submissions, include a title and reference page in APA 7th edition student format. Follow all directions and use all websites and files using in text citations for this paper. Module 4 Learning Objectives 1. Explain how colonization and structural inequities shape mental health systems and patient experiences. 2. Identify disparities in access and quality within integrated settings (screening, referral, treatment, follow-up). 3. Adapt evidence-based, interprofessional practices to align with language, culture, and patient Aligned SAMHSAHRSA Competency Identify and address disparities in healthcare access and quality for diverse individuals and populations served. Adapt services, including evidence-based interprofessional team approaches, to the language, cultural norms, and individual preferences of healthcare consumers and family members. Develop collaborative relationships with providers of services tailored to the needs of culturally diverse healthcare consumers and family members. Examine the experiences of culturally diverse healthcare consumers and family members with respect to quality of care and adjust the delivery of care as needed. Educate members of the team about the characteristics, healthcare needs, health behaviors, and views toward illness and treatment of diverse populations served in the treatment setting. Foster and value diversity in the interprofessional team, including community health workers. Complete the Decolonizing Mental Health Series Decolonizing Mental Health | Overview Dr. Hooman Keshavarzi | Decolonizing Mental Health Shawna Murray-Browne | Decolonizing Mental Health Idris Mitchell | Decolonizing Mental Health Shelby Rowe | Decolonizing Mental Health Linh An and Sharyn Luo | Decolonizing Mental Health Additional Reading World Health Organization – Mental Health and Social Determinants of Health Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Tervalon & Murray-Garca – Cultural Humility vs. Cultural Competence Disparities in IBH * Screening tools that misclassify distress * Warm hand-offs that assume trust * Referrals that ignore transportation or work schedules * Noncompliance labels that mask structural harm Adapting Evidence-Based Models * Offer language options; normalize context before scoring. * Use culturally resonant metaphors, goals, and supports. * Include family and community healers when desired. * OT Lens: Adapt routines and environments to cultural roles and norms. * SWK Lens: Address systems and access. * Counseling Lens: Align therapeutic approach with cultural meaning-making. Educating the Team * Brief teammates on cultural context without stereotyping * Using patient narratives to change workflows * Elevating community health workers as cultural brokers Reflection Where do you see colonization or power embedded in standard care? What would it look like to treat culture as expertise rather than a barrier? How can your profession shift team practice toward equity? WEBSITES