PEERS Latine Community Wellness Fellowship is designed to address mental health stigma in the Latinx community in Alameda County. Much like our BWR and HOPE programs, LCWC’s main strategies to achieve this goal include outreach, media, and empowerment. The campaign consists of wellness groups to educate Alameda county residents about effective tools to reduce their own self-stigma towards mental health.
We also have an Action Team (AT) committed to assist with outreach for campaign events, and Content Experts to support and enhance our curriculum to be culturally responsive to the needs of the community. Latine people have a harder time accessing mental health care for a myriad of reasons and this campaign aims to reduce the chance that stigma is one of them.
We will be recruiting for the LCWC Action team members soon. Subscribe or check our Facebook & Instagram often for how to join.
About Mental Health in the Latine Community
Latine/Hispanic communities show similar vulnerability to mental illness as the general population, but they face disparities in both access to and quality of treatment. More than half of Hispanic young adults ages 18-25 with serious mental illness may not receive treatment. This inequality puts these communities at a higher risk for more severe and persistent forms of mental health conditions, because without treatment, mental health conditions often worsen.
35.1% of Latine/Hispanic adults with mental illness receive treatment each year compared to the U.S. average of 46.2%. This is due to many unique barriers to care.
Possible barriers to care:
- Language barriers
- Financial barriers/cost of insurance
- Lack of cultural competence
- Legal status
- Stigma
- Cultural barriers
Source: NAMI
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