"DEPRESSION IN PRIMARY CARE: SCREENING AND DETECTION PROGRAM"
Since 1998, the National Black Nurses Association, Inc. (NBNA) has been engaged in a continuing project "Depression in Primary Care: Screening and Detection" (Depression Program), originially funded by Eli Lilly and Company to increase clinical depression screening, identification and patient referral in primary health care settings.
The project has several components:
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Educate nurses and other
health professionals about clinical depression; |
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Institutionalize clinical depression
screening in primary care settings as an ongoing part of the patient's clinical
assessment; |
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Provide referral services where appropriate;
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Officer NBNA volunteer community-based
clinical assessment; |
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Establish an evaluative process so that the program can be replicated around the nation. |
The NBNA depression project aims to conduct, document and evaluate the integration of knowledge about depression screening and management into clinical practice. NBNA has successfully identified and trained regional NBNA coordinators, led by a national project coordinator, to accomplish our core objectives. To date:
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A total of 13 agreements
have been signed by primary care agencies that will incorporate depression
screening as a routine component or their assessments procedures. |
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An estimated 21,000 screenings will
result from these signed agreements. |
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A total of 630 nurses and primary
care personnel received continuing education related to clinical depression
in primary care. |
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A total of 3,584 community-based
screening were conducted with 302 people referred for treatment. |
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The goal is to have 52,000 screenings conducted in the year 2000. |
Please contact the NBNA to find out how your organization can participate in this national effort against clinical depression.
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