Training community-based primary care physicians in the screening and management of mental health disorders among Latino primary care patients.

Objective: To evaluate a quality improvement intervention to improve the screening and management (e.g., referral to psychiatric care) of common mental disorders in small independent Latino primary care practices serving patient populations of predominantly low-income Latino immigrants.

Toward an adaptation of interpersonal psychotherapy for Hispanic patients with DSM-IV major depressive disorder.

Background: Spanish-speaking individuals comprise a growing percentage of the United States population. They have greater difficulty than most in accessing and remaining in psychiatric treatments, including psychotherapy, their stated preference. The literature on cultural competence in treating Hispanic patients provides few details of psychotherapeutic adaptations.

Development of the multi-attribute Pediatric Asthma Health Outcome Measure (PAHOM).

Objective: To develop a multi-attribute outcome measure for children with asthma that allows for the calculation of quality-adjusted life years in cost-effectiveness studies and can also be used to assign preference weights to asthma-symptom-free days.

Study Design: A literature review and two interviewer-administered surveys.

Setting: Homes or community centers of participants in Seattle, United States.