Improve Mental Health Access and Access to Mental Healthcare
Goals
- Reduce age-adjusted suicide rate from 11.5 to HP2030 goal of 10.2 per 100,000
- Reduce age-adjusted prevalence of Medina County adults (18+) with depression from 22.1% to below US percentage of 19.8%
- Increase the percentage of adults, age 60 and older, who report hardly ever feeling left out from 77.4% (2019) to 86% (2029) – State Plan on Aging
Local Resources
Strategy 1
Promote resources to reduce suicide ideation, attempts, and deaths
How Do We Aim to Accomplish our Goal?
- Provide training to PCP/NP on psychological triage
- Develop talking points on the role a variety of services for mental health services – e.g., Don’t wait for highest level of treatment
- Sustain and expand Hope Squad and QPR for youth
- Implement education to adolescents on healthy relationships (suicide prevention)
- Promote local and national crisis lines, local Suicide Awareness Walk, and continue training for Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) for law enforcement
- Support data-driven initiatives to reduce suicide ideation and attempts
Strategy 2
Assure Healthy Aging
How Do We Aim to Accomplish our Goal?
- Provide QPR training to older demographic
- Educate healthcare providers on Nature Prescriptions
- Promote volunteerism to reduce social isolation (State Plan on Aging)
- Promote Matter of Balance to reduce fear of failing and provide opportunity for small-group-trainings/engagement
Strategy 3
Advocate for Policy Change
How Do We Aim to Accomplish our Goal?
- Train local partners on Ohio Rule Review Process
- Advocate for Medicaid Reimbursement for group treatment sessions
- LWMC members support local school districts cell phone policies