ERIC Number: EJ1432795
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Publication Date: 2021-May
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ISSN: ISSN-0894-587X
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Promoting Children's Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral (MEB) Health in All Public Systems, Post-COVID-19
Kimberly Eaton Hoagwood; William Gardner; Kelly J. Kelleher
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, v48 n3 p379-387 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates the mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health problems of children and adolescents in the United States (U.S.). A "collective" and "coordinated" national economic and social reconstruction effort aimed at shoring up services to promote children's MEB, like the Marshall Plan that helped rebuild Europe post-World War II, has been proposed to buttress against the expected retrenchment. The plan prioritizes children's well-being as a social objective. We propose strategically reconstructing the public safety-net systems serving youth, including early education, maternal and child health, child welfare, corrections, and mental health. That plan called for a concentrated focus on coalition-building and contracting by state mental health systems to establish a foundation for an improved health system. This paper offers a complementary set of suggestions for the four non-mental health systems mentioned above by recommending actionable steps based on scientific evidence to support improved services for children at risk for MEB problems. For each system we describe examples of evidence-informed services, policies or programs that (1) prevent disabilities and promote health, (2) protect and preserve families and neighborhoods, and (3) provide quality care. Prioritizing the promotion of children's MEB health by all state systems can shape U.S. children's health and well-being for generations to come.
Descriptors: Mental Health, Well Being, Emotional Development, Child Behavior, Adolescents, Child Health, Access to Health Care, Health Services, Evidence Based Practice, Prevention, Health Promotion, Family Relationship, Neighborhoods, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Language: English
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