2001 RURAL MENTAL HEALTH RESERACH CONFERENCE

申请人是健康科学基金会，公司，一个由董事会管理的教育非营利组织，董事会管理沿海地区健康教育中心（Coastal AHEC）。每年，全国农村心理健康协会理事会为其成员举办一次会议。2001年会议将在北卡罗来纳州威尔明顿举行，并由沿海AHEC共同主办。2001年会议的目的是增加精神卫生专业人员以研究为基础的知识，提高精神卫生专业技能和提供服务，并加强向农村儿童、青年和家庭提供的服务网络、教育方案和支助服务。2001年6月23日将举行两个半天的会前活动。会议将于6月24日中午开始，6月26日中午结束。议程包括四个并行的轨道，涵盖家庭和儿童服务，临床问题，项目管理和技术。每个专题将以一位主讲人开始，他将介绍有关该专题的最新研究。另一位主讲人将介绍与该专题相关的培训问题/技能。然后，每个轨道将有分组会议来描述“最佳实践”模型。沿海地区精神卫生保健中心和全国精神卫生保健协会的另一个目标是通过录音带、印刷材料和全国精神卫生保健协会网站向未出席会议的成员和其他农村精神卫生从业人员和行政人员传播2001年会议的信息。

The applicant is the Health Sciences Foundation, Inc., an educational non-profit organization governed by a board of directors, who administers the Coastal Area Health Education Center (Coastal AHEC). Each year, the National Association for Rural Mental Health Board of Directors sponsors a conference for its membership. The 2001 conference will be held in Wilmington, NC and co-sponsored by the Coastal AHEC. The 2001 conference is designed to increase the research-based knowledge of mental health professionals, enhance mental health professional skills and service delivery, and strengthen delivery networks, educational programs and support services offered to rural children, youth and families. Two half-day pre-conference programs will be held on June 23, 2001. The conference will begin at noon on June 24 and end at noon on June 26. The agenda consists of four concurrent tracks covering family and children services, clinical issues, program management, and technology. Each track will begin with a keynote speaker who will present the most recent research on the particular track issue. A second keynote speaker will present training issues/skills related to the particular track. Each track will then have break-out sessions to describe "Best Practice" models. An additional objective for Coastal AHEC and NARMH is to disseminate the 2001 conference information through audio tapes, printed materials, and the NARMH web site to non-attending members and other rural mental health practitioners and administrators.