AIMS Public Health (Apr 2014)

Building Capacity for Behavioral Health Services and Clinical Research in a Rural Primary Care Clinic: A Case Study

  • Laura M. Daniels,
  • Kim E. Dixon,
  • Lisa C. Campbell

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2014.2.60
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 60 – 75

Abstract

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Integrating sustainable, evidence-based, and collaborative depression screening and follow-up treatment into primary care clinics is a significant challenge in health care. In this article a case study approach is used to describe the process of building capacity for a depression screening program in a rural federally qualified health center (FQHC). A conceptual framework addressing the clinical, operational, and financial perspectives of a primary care setting is applied restrospectively to identify 1) the barriers and facilitating factors associated with integrating a depression screening program into standard practice and 2) how the program was leveraged to conduct clinical research to improve self-management in patients with diabetes and elevated depressive symptoms.

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