Jean Phinney, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology, California State University Los Angeles

Thursday, October 27^th 2005
12:15 – 1:30pm
3534 Franz Hall
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563

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PROGRAM

12:15-1:30 pm   Lunch/Talk/Q & A

ABOUT THE TALK

Scholars interested in ethnic identity acknowledge that the context is an important influence on its development and expression. However, most of the psychological research on ethnic identity has been carried out in the United States and has not examined context specifically. In this presentation, Dr. Phinney will discuss results from an international study of over 5000 immigrant youth who were surveyed in 13 immigrant-receiving countries. The study explored the relationship of ethnic identity to national identity and to acculturation, the role of ethnic identity in psychological adaptation, variation in individual profiles of identity, and similarities and differences across countries and ethnic groups. The results suggest four different profiles of cultural identity, including bicultural, ethnic, national, and diffuse. These profiles vary in their relationship to adaptation and in their distribution across contexts. Ethnic identity among immigrant youth can best be understood in terms of complex interactions among the attitudes and characteristics of immigrants and the contexts in which they live.

ABOUT DR. JEAN PHINNEY

Is a Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles. She received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her Ph.D. from UCLA. For the past twenty years she has been studying ethnic identity, acculturation, and psychological well-being among adolescents and emerging adults from diverse ethnic and immigrant groups in southern California. She is the author of the widely used Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure. She has published extensively on ethnic identity, as well as on bicultural and biracial identity. She is part of an international team that recently completed a study (and forthcoming book) on adaptation of immigrant adolescents in thirteen countries. She is currently conducting research on academic success of ethnic minority first-generation college students.

ABOUT UCLA CRETSCMHD
A diverse group of faculty, health professionals, community-based agencies, and minority media have joined together though CRETSCMHD to effectively reduce or eliminate disparities in health among racial and ethnic minorities. As part of the Center’s mission CRETSCMHD will be offering a series of educational lecture for UCLA faculty, local health care providers and organizations focused on service delivering and health planning. these sessions focus on the elimination of health disparities in the areas of cancer, diabetes, and coronary heart disease.

Center Director:
Vickie M. Mays, Ph.D., MSPH, Professor, UCLA Department of Psychology & Department of Health Services, School of Public Health

Associate Directors:
Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Ph.D., MN, RN Assoc. Professor, UCLA School of Public Health, Community Health Sciences & Asian American Studies Interdepartmental Degree Program

Paul Ong, Ph.D. Professor, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Director, UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

Abel Valenzuela, Ph.D.
Assoc. Professor, UCLA Department of Urban Planning & Chicano Studies, Director, UCLA Center of the Study of Urban Poverty

LOCATION & PARKING
Stop at any of the UCLA parking kiosks to purchase a parking permit for structure #2. Attendants will be on duty to collect $7 and direct you to structure #2

ABOUT THE LECTURE

This lecture is presented by the UCLA Psychology Department’s Weekly Developmental Forum, in association with the UCLA Center for Research, Education, Training, and Strategic Communication on Minority Health Disparities (CRETSCMHD). 

A Public Educational Forum on Natural Disasters, Social Justice and the Law Presented by the UCLA School of Law Critical Race Studies

Co-sponsored by Native Nations Law and Policy Center, Program in Public Interest Law and Policy, Evan Frankel Environmental Law & Policy Program, UCLA Center for Research, Education, Training, and Strategic Communication on Minority Health Disparities, and UCLA Women’s Studies

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Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD,  Ph.D.
Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities
Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine
University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

LECTURE

12:00-1:00 pm   Lecture

ABOUT THE TALK

Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in access to and quality of health care constitute a major national public health problem that greatly challenge the US health systems of care. The recently published AHRQ’s 2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report reported that, while health care disparities (including mental health) seem to be narrowing overall for most ethnic minority populations, disparities have worsened for Latinos in both access to and quality of care measures. This presentation will provide a roadmap to reducing mental health disparities in Latinos by addressing how quality of care is linked to issues of cultural and linguistic competence in the clinical encounter between providers and children, adolescents and their families and to issues of workforce diversity and development. It concludes with some recommendations and a call to action to shore up the widening gap in mental health care disparities in Latinos.

ABOUT DR. SERGIO AGUILAR-GAXIOLA

Dr. Aguilar-Gaxiola is Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine.  In addition Dr. Aguilar-Gaxiola is the Director of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities at the UC Davis School of Medicine.  Dr. Aguilar-Gaxiola’s research interests include: Minority mental health (e.g., prevalence of mental disorders, risk and protective factors, mental health service utilization patterns, access to care, and treatment outcomes), cross-cultural comparative epidemiologic research on patterns and correlates of psychiatric disorders in general population samples, idiomatic expressions of psychological distress in Spanish-speaking populations, and applications of standardized psychiatric diagnostic instruments.

ABOUT UCLA CRETSCMHD
A diverse group of faculty, health professionals, community-based agencies, and minority media have joined together though CRETSCMHD to effectively reduce or eliminate disparities in health among racial and ethnic minorities. As part of the Center’s mission CRETSCMHD will be offering a series of educational lecture for UCLA faculty, local health care providers and organizations focused on service delivering and health planning. these sessions focus on the elimination of health disparities in the areas of cancer, diabetes, and coronary heart disease.

Center Director:
Vickie M. Mays, Ph.D., MSPH, Professor, UCLA Department of Psychology & Department of Health Services, School of Public Health

ABOUT UCLA-NPI HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER
The mission of the UCLA Health Services Research Center is to improve health policy, health care, and quality of life for people with psychiatric and neurological disorders.  Integrating expertise from the fields of medicine, public health, public policy, and social science the Center focuses on issues pertaining to the delivery and quality of treatment, health care policy and quality of life.  Through research, the dissemination of findings, and in collaboration with community and academic groups, the Center strives to increase public awareness, inform policy decisions, and provide information and tools for the public, health care practitioners, and policymakers to use to obtain and create better health care and better health outcomes.

ABOUT UCLA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE
Founded in 1947, the Social Welfare Program at UCLA is an international leader in social work education, research, and human services. Around the world, thousands of our skilled graduates are making a difference as social work administrators, practitioners and scholars. Our research, training and distinctive cross-cultural emphasis guide policy makers, shape practice and programs in such areas as welfare, aging, health care, mental health, children and families, and long-term support. As we enter our second half-century, a vital part of a great public university, we remain committed to placing our knowledge at the service of the community and empowering the disadvantaged and vulnerable.

LOCATION & PARKING
Stop at any of the UCLA parking kiosks to purchase a parking permit for structure #2. Attendants will be on duty to collect $8 and direct you to structure #2.

ABOUT THE LECTURE

This lecture is presented the UCLA Center for Research, Education, Training, and Strategic Communication on Minority Health Disparities (CRETSCMHD), the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Health Services Research Center and the UCLA School of Public Affairs, Department of Social Welfare.  Social Workers, MFTs, Physicians, Psychologists and Registered Nurses, possible 1 unit CE credit.

Matthew Snipp, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
Stanford University

PROGRAM
3:40-3:55 pm   Sign-in for CE credit (1 hour)

4:00-5:00 pm   Lecture

5:00-6:00 pm   Reception in Franz Hall Rm 3423

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Goals/Desired Outcomes:

Much has been made about the introduction of the new race question in the federal statistical system that allowed individuals to choose more than one race.  The goal of this talk is to examine some of this data and review the implications for understanding the racial composition of America.  Three particularly important issues concern: 1) the growth trajectory of this population; 2) the socioeconomic heterogeneity that exists within subgroups of the multiracial populations; and 3) the significance of this population as it affects denominational estimates of rates in health statistics and other related data.  Implications for American Indian/ Alaska Native populations will be discussed.

Objectives – By the end of this talk, participants will be able to:

 1. Gain an understanding of Census data on the racial composition of America and implications of recent Census data for the understanding of racial and ethnic identity issues and self-reporting behaviors.
2. Learn about the significance of the multiracial population as it affects health and mental health statistics and other related data.
3. Understand implications for the measurement of American Indian/Alaska Native populations� health and mental health statistics. 

ABOUT DR. MATTHEW SNIPP

Is Professor of Sociology at Stanford University.  Dr. Snipp is currently working with Current Population Survey and other Census data that were especially collected using several different variations of a question designed to elicit information about racial identification.  He is particularly interested in how factors such as residence, education, and family composition are related to racial identification and especially to questions about multiracial backgrounds, and how this might change under different scenarios of immigration and intermarriage rates.

ABOUT UCLA CRETSCMHD
A diverse group of faculty, health professionals, community-based agencies, and minority media have joined together though CRETSCMHD to effectively reduce or eliminate disparities in health among racial and ethnic minorities. As part of the Center’s mission CRETSCMHD will be offering a series of educational lecture for UCLA faculty, local health care providers and organizations focused on service delivering and health planning. these sessions focus on the elimination of health disparities in the areas of cancer, diabetes, and coronary heart disease.

Center Director:
Vickie M. Mays, Ph.D., MSPH, Professor, UCLA Department of Psychology & Department of Health Services, School of Public Health

ABOUT THE UCLA AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES CENTER (AISC)
The core goals and objectives of the UCLA American Indian Studies Center AISC are to facilitate research and research collaborations; disseminate research results through research conferences, meetings and other activities; strengthen graduate and undergraduate education by providing students enrolled in the American Indian Studies program with training opportunities and access to facilities; to seek extramural research funds; and carry out university and public service programs related to the Center’s research expertise.

ABOUT THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (CAIRE)
The mission of the Center for American Indian Research and Education (CAIRE) is to improve the health and well-being of American Indians and Alaska Natives.  Faculty associated with CAIRE mentor American Indian students at the University in all areas of research and identify and supervise student projects that take place on reservations.  CAIRE faculty and staff conduct research in areas of cancer prevention, screening, and behavior change; tobacco control; diabetes prevention and intervention and wellness education.

ABOUT THE UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW NATIVE NATIONS LAW AND POLICY CENTER
The mission of the UCLA Native Nations Law and Policy Center is to support Native Nations nationally in enhancing their governmental institutes and laws, to strengthen cultural resource protections, and to address critical public policy issues by bringing together the University’s academic resources and the knowledge and experience of tribal leaders and knowledge-holders.

ABOUT THE UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW TRIBAL LEARNING COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE (TLCEE)
The UCLA School of Law Tribal Learning Community and Educational Exchange’s (TLCEE) primary objective is to develop and deliver relevant curricula in collaboration with Native community members and traditional knowledge bearers, focusing on the enhancement of Native governance and cultural resource protection.  In addition, TLCEE encourages Native youth and Tribal professionals to enroll in college level course and works to serve as a base for Native community members attending UCLA.

LOCATION & PARKING
Stop at any of the UCLA parking kiosks to purchase a parking permit for structure #2. Attendants will be on duty to collect $8 and direct you to structure #2.

ABOUT THE LECTURE

This lecture is presented by the Semel Institute at UCLA,  a CMA-accredited provider, in association with the UCLA Center for Research, Education, Training, and Strategic Communication on Minority Health Disparities (CRETSCMHD), the UCLA American Indian Studies Center (AISC), the Center for American Indian Research and Education (CAIRE), the UCLA School of Law Native Nations Law and Policy Center and the UCLA School of Law Tribal Learning Community and Educational Exchange (TLCEE).

On October 26, 2011, UCLA will host Dr. Vivian Pinn, the former Associate Director of the National Institutes of Health Office on Research on Women’s Health. Her lecture on women’s health will take place at the UCLA Neuroscience Research Building from 12-1:00 pm, and will be followed by a reception to honor her retirement from 1-2:30 pm. For more information on the lecture, please contact: Lee Goodglick, PhD, 310-825-9134. For information on the reception, please contact Vickie M. Mays, PhD, MSPH, 310-206-5159.

Growing Beyond Disparity: An LGBTQ Mental Health Symposium
A day-long exploration of LGBTQ mental health disparities and solutions with leading researchers in this expanding field.
The symposium will explore the epidemiology, manifestations, and theories of mental distress and mental health disparity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) populations and subpopulations through a series of seven focused presentations based on substantial research by leading researchers in the field.

UCSF Alliance Health Project