Integrated Care: Providing Behavioral Health Services in a Community Primary Health Care Setting

IMPACT. 1: Through our training program, our students and supervisors have served thousands of patients through the community health center who otherwise would have compromised access to mental health services. -- 2. Our work with staff members across the PrimaryOne Health system has helped to increase their awareness and identification of patient behavioral health needs. This collaboration has contributed to overall better health care.OSU PARTNERS: College of Social WorkCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: PrimaryOne Health; Mental Health America of Franklin County (initiating partner)PRIMARY CONTACT: Tamara S. Davis (davis. 2304@osu.edu); Adriane Peck (peck.274@osu.edu)Our MEDTAPP Program is a collaboration between the OSU College of Social Work and the PrimaryOne Health system. We train our students using an integrated and culturally relevant care curriculum model, which prepares them to work in a setting in which they are providing patients with behavioral health services within a community-based primary health care center. Our students graduate from our program prepared to contribute significantly to the behavioral health workforce in Ohio