Using Photovoice to Codesign Strategies for Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Services in Community Health Improvement Planning.

ABSTRACT: The essential public health services of community health assessment (CHA) and community health improvement planning (CHIP) entailed in Healthy People 2030 and Public Health Accreditation Board standards and measures for local health departments are underused in practice-based research. Innovative approaches are particularly needed to improve access to evidence-based behavioral health prevention and treatment services, given the persistent stigmatization of behavioral health conditions. We present a new way of thinking about community development in which other public health agencies can leverage their own CHA and CHIP processes for cross-sector, participatory codesign with behavioral health service providers and users to improve access to support, resources, and treatment. Codesign entails

SUBMITTER: McGladrey ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12619697 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature