Mental Health Care Access Among Arab Immigrants in the United States: Application of Public Arena Model
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Arab immigrants constitute a sizable portion of the US population, and their adjustment and relocation challenges might escalate mental health issues. Nevertheless, mental health care accessibility among such populations is not recognized as policy issue. Hence, it is crucial to explore the political tools that might be employed to improve immigrants' access to mental health treatment. The Public Arenas Model (Hilgartner and Bosk, American Journal of Sociology 94:53-78, 1988) provides better understanding of how access to mental health care is defined in the public sphere, why mental health inaccessibility among Arabs has not received attention, and how stakeholders worked to raise the public's attention to such issue (Smith, Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice 10:134-142, 2009). Ultimately, several policy options are proposed to address Arab immigrants' access to mental health care issue, including increasing mental health service providers' language proficiency and cultural competency, integration of behavioral health and primary care services for immigrant populations, and considering novel modes of mental health delivery.
Source: Community Mental Health Journal
Authors: Elrefaay Shaimaa, Stella Bialous
Institutions: University of California, San Francisco, Tanta University
Language: English
Topic: Migration, Health and Trauma
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,790
OpenAlex ID: W4387950190