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The 10 th Emotional Health Carnival June 10, 2011 Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary

Building Community Strategies for Promoting Mental Health Service Use in Ethno-Cultural Communities. The 10 th Emotional Health Carnival June 10, 2011 Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary. Celebrate, Review & Share Experience/Challenges in Promoting Community Mental Health. Liza Chan,

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The 10 th Emotional Health Carnival June 10, 2011 Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary

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  1. Building Community Strategies for Promoting Mental Health Service Use inEthno-Cultural Communities The 10th Emotional Health Carnival June 10, 2011 Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary

  2. Celebrate, Review & Share Experience/Challenges in Promoting Community Mental Health Liza Chan, Emotional Health Carnival Partnership Member Executive Director, Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens’ Association

  3. Emotional Health Carnival (EHC) Rationale • Adaptation/adjustment challenges • Mental Health (MH) issues are a social taboo • Inadequacy of appropriate & cultural competent MH programs • Not knowing MH programs & resources

  4. EHC Goal • to raise emotional/mental health awareness • to encourage self care & help seeking • to connect MH services to Chinese community • to promote inclusiveness & access to MH services • Create a reference model for future initiatives for other ethnic communities

  5. EHC Means • How: Carnival & community education • When: annually • Who: 10-14 Emotional Health Carnival partners including Chinese agencies, immigrant serving agencies & main stream service providers

  6. EHC Partners • Alberta Health Services - Calgary Zone • Calgary Chinese Community Service Association • Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens’ Association • Calgary Family Services • Calgary Family Therapy Centre • Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association • Centre for Newcomers • Chinese Christian Mission of Canada, Calgary Service Centre • Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary • Immigrant Services Calgary

  7. EHC community participation

  8. EHC Strategies Cultural competent approach • Why choose ‘carnival’ as the title? • Understanding cultural taboo Linguistically competent approach • First language materials and translation

  9. EHC Changing Strategies Community readiness • Change of seeking help behaviour • Articulate their needs of MH services & information • Featured workshops to replace carnival Community profile • Increased Mandarin speaking immigrants • Engage Mandarin speaking stakeholders • Organize programs catered to Mandarin speaking community

  10. EHC Learning • Shared vision & belief can build strong partnership • Sensitivity to community readiness / profile leads to changing strategies • Key stakeholders & ethnic media support enhance the success of the event • Lacking of accessible first language mental health services • Realization of the close relationship between MH and family violence

  11. EHC Outcomes • Increased community MH awareness • New services & alliance: Chinese Community Response to Family Violence, Depression Support Group, Old Memories Old Melodies • Build and share resources among partners and service providers • Ethnic media put MH in their program

  12. EHC Challenges • Lack of sustainable funding, on yearly basis • Not affordable, not reliable, not accessible MH services • Not enough resources allocated to ethno-cultural communities • Difficult to measure behavioural/attitude change • Lack of first language providers/practitioners

  13. Vision and Strategies • Equitable MH services • Cultural competent service providers • First language service providers • First language liaisons link ethno-cultural communities to main stream service providers • Liaisons housed in accessible and familiar locations • First language materials and education

  14. Acknowledgement • Calgary Chinatown Lions Club – Sole sponsor in 2011 • Sing Tao Newspaper (Canada 1988) Ltd. • Fairchild Radio FM94.7 • Fairchild TV Calgary Chinatown Lions Club

  15. Contacts • For EHC information, email project coordinator, Phyllis Luk@ pluk@ucalgary.ca • For a copy of this presentation, visit Chinese Community Response to Family Violence website @ www.ccrfv.ca THANK YOU!!

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