Remote Training in Evidence-Based Practices for Clinicians Who Work with Migrant Workers

This 3-year research project seeks to improve access to quality depression care for rural Latinos by addressing the shortage of Latinx paraprofessional providers who can deliver culturally tailored evidence-based treatment. In partnership with Heritage University and the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, we will provide specialized curriculum in mental health to 8-10 BASW students at Heritage University and train them in the use of a known effective telephone-based intervention for depression. We will test two training strategies: 1) the traditional approach and 2) a computerized approach and assess the effectiveness of these respective training approaches in equipping the paraprofessionals to reduce patient symptomatology. This grant is one of three projects of a center grant, UW ALACRITY Center for Psychosocial Interventions Research, led by Principal Investigator Dr. Pat Arean, Department of Psychiatry.