Covino Nicholas, Abelard Marc, Mahr Bori, Ibrahim Yasmine, Louis Gemima St
William James College, 1 Wells Avenue, Newton, MA, USA.
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA.
Community Ment Health J. 2025 Jul;61(5):956-961. doi: 10.1007/s10597-024-01434-9. Epub 2024 Dec 23.
The increased prevalence of behavioral health problems in the US is intensified by the critical shortage of providers in the field. The historical failure of behavioral health specialties to attract BIPOC students and workers limits leadership, access to quality care, and the generalizability of research findings. Most workforce development programs serve only those with earned graduate degrees. This report describes a service-learning program that is successfully attracting new graduates with bachelor's degrees and culturally diverse professionals into the behavioral health workforce.
美国行为健康问题患病率的上升因该领域提供者的严重短缺而加剧。行为健康专业在历史上未能吸引有色人种学生和从业者，这限制了领导力、获得优质护理的机会以及研究结果的普遍性。大多数劳动力发展项目只服务于拥有研究生学位的人。本报告描述了一个服务学习项目，该项目成功地吸引了拥有学士学位的新毕业生和文化背景多样的专业人员加入行为健康劳动力队伍。
