NR 506 Week 3 Discussion, Effective Coalition Leadership

Week 3: Effective Coalition Leadership The national coalition advocating for the approved healthcare policy concern is the Cuyahoga County Depression and Suicide Prevention Coalition under the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS). Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board in under the Ohio law that provides services such as addiction treatment, recovery services and mental health as well as coordinates public safety. The ADAMHS board is governed by several volunteer board directors who coordinates, and contracts partnered agencies to provide services that will help clients recover (“Cuyahoga County Suicide Prevention Coalition”, n.d.). Depression is one of the leading causes of disability for all ages and genders in the U.S. Approximately 121 million citizens worldwide of all genders, ages, and backgrounds are affected by depression at some point. The cases of morbidity and mortality related to depression are rising which is placing a significant amount of burden on society. In addition, depression is a very treatable disorder, but it still remains one of the most undiagnosed disorders (Moreh & O’Lawrence, 2016). The risk factors associated with this disorder include gender, psychosocial and family environment, or genetic disposition. Considering the facts surrounding depression, it will be crucial as a future Family Nurse Practitioner to be able to understand, diagnose, and treat this disorder promptly. The coalition partners include Cuyahoga county institutes, they provide CEU’s and training that will help improve lives through wellness, recovery and independence. Progressive field is partnered with this coalition, by purchasing game ticket the ADAMHS board will receive a $2 donation this is to help improve awareness on mental health issues. Also, 24-Hour Suicide Prevention/Mental Health & Addiction Crisis Services partnered with ADAMHS board the serves the Cuyahoga county by providing suicide postvention response team, they are volunteer who provide immediate assistance to affected family by suicide. ADAMHS is also partnered with a free online behavioral health screening, provides information on Opioid/Heroin Addiction and help. Another partner of this board is recovery is beautiful which provides a 5-year transition to recovery program in Ohio. Other larger partner agencies are the Ohio Department of Mental Health (ODMH), Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS), Transitional Age Community Treatment (TACT). The identified leader is Rev. Benjamin F. Gohlstin, Sr., who is the Chair member of ADAMHS board. Rev. Gohlstin Sr is the C.E.O. of Ministerial Board Chairperson Crisis Center and a Pastor of Heritage Institutional Baptist Church, he is also the Board President of Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland. In addition, effective July 1, 2018 he was elected as the Board Chair member of ADAMHS (“Cuyahoga County Suicide Prevention Coalition”, n.d.). One success that indicates strong leadership of ADAMHS board members is the unlimited support in keeping the public safety and making sure that they are meeting the purpose in helping the people. ADAMHS supports one of the hospital’s project DAWN (Death Avoided with Naloxone): Naloxone Saves lives in the Cleveland area by giving a grant of $100,00 towards the hospitals project. This grant, it will allow the hospital to buy extra 2000 more naloxone kits that will help saves life from drug overdose (“Cuyahoga County Suicide Prevention Coalition”, n.d.). Although this coalition provides services to all the people, I notice that their services are generalized, meaning there is no specific target age group. Therefor, one content that I would like to add on the upcoming interview is to examine the area where we can improve to decrease mortality rate in teens/youth in the state of Ohio and grant a funding to help the addition and utilization of advance nurse practitioners within the school system to help assess and treat depression to prevent suicide among students. References Cuyahoga county suicide prevention coalition. (n.d.). Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County Web Site. Retrieved from Moreh, S., & O’Lawrence, H., (2016). Common risk factors associated with adolescent and young adult depression. Journal Of Health & Human Services Administration, 39, 283-310. Student Response Hello Nicole, Great discussion and great topic this week. It is very sad that there are many American who are homeless in this country. The chronic homelessness in America is one of the national issues that is a challenge to eradicate. Many homeless Americans lived in big cities such as California and New York City. Between 2008 of October and 2009 of September there were about 1.7 million American people used a transitional housing program. According to Padgett, Henwood, & Tsemberis (2015), the number of homeless American’s increased in the 1980’s due to increase in housing cost and increase cuts on social services and during great recession. “After many years of advocacy and numerous revisions, President Ronald Raegan signed into law the McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act in 1987; this remains the only piece of federal legislation that allocates funding to the direct service of homeless people. Over the past decades, the availability and quality of data on homelessness has improved considerably” (Padgett et al., 2015, para. 9). According to Padgett et al. (2015) the most common cause of homelessness here in America is the lack of affordable housing, poverty, mental illness, gambling, natural disaster that destroys houses (hurricane or earthquake) and lack of government services. Currently we have several services that can assist homeless people in America including federal legislation (homeless bill of rights), improved health care access, affordable housing and non-profit effort such as your identified coalition. I hope that your identified national coalition for the homeless continue to support and fight for the voiceless homeless Americans. Thank you, Kind Regards, Restituto. Reference Padgett, D. K., Henwood, B. F., & Tsemberis, S. J. (2015). Homelessness in America. Housing First, 16-29. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9805.003.0002 Instructor Response Penny, do you think that a coalition must have a leader? Hello Dr MJ, I would also like to answer your question to Penny- “do you think that a coalition must have a leader?”. I think you brought up a simple question yet provides an important assessment of the understanding of the coalition and the functions of a leader. I think that the structure of an organization varies and how it operates. Although for the purpose of a strong structure of an organization or coalition I think that it is important to have a strong leader that has the quality to manage the organization or coalition to move forward in meeting the coalitions objectives as well as their missions. Having a leader in an organization or coalition is very beneficial as well as vital to the organizations success thus promoting success to the community. Without a leader, the coalition will be operating only as one system rather than a partnership with the community. The function of a leader is towards leadership and growth of the organization or coalition and most importantly success for the people that this coalition are serving. In addition, leaders are the forefront in bringing the people together to work as one to provide help to the communities need. Furthermore, one important quality of a leader is being trustworthy. It is crucial as a leadership that you show trust to your organization and the people you work for. Because, trust is part of leadership, meaning it is important to create a positive relationship or connections to build a strong coalition or organization. Kind regards, Tuto