Building Wellness Minutes

July 23, 2004

1:00-3:00

Present: Pluscedia Williams, Chair Erica Shoemaker

Charla Franklin Ted Booker

Drew Jones Jan French

Stella Tilghman Lupe Coleman

Dr. Ken Wells Andrea Jones, minutes

• Introductions: There was one new member on board the bus, Lupe Coleman of the Family and Community Outreach Network. Welcome Aboard, Lupe!

• Review of Conference and Questions: Dr. Wells went over the research questions from the conference, giving the percentages of people who answered each question and the percentages of the different answers they gave. Overall, the answers were favorable towards the Building Wellness Working Group plans. There was some discussion about feedback and whether or not there was enough opportunity for the audience to give feedback. Pluscedia Williams spoke with several audience members including David Ryu, and Armond Anderson Bell, both of whom spoke positively about the conference. There were a good number of new people who had not previously been “on the bus” before.

• Proposal: Pluscedia Williams spoke with Kavita Patel, and Kavita, or a member of her team is going to write a proposal for a monitor for the Building Wellness website. This proposal is only for Building Wellness. Building Wellness will still be a part of the overall W4W website, but any funds that result from Kavita Patel’s proposal will be used solely for Building Wellness.

• Action Item: Charla Franklin proposes that times be put on the agenda so that there’s enough time to finish everything on the agenda.

• Website: The scope of the website is to train the provider. There will be a client information packet. This will contain information about the services they provide and whether the patient is qualified for that particular place. This will be a pilot program. The content will be: screening, client information packet, and referrals. There will be different phases of development. In other words, the website will gradually develop over a period of time. Youlim Choi says it is best to avoid chat rooms or anything interactive. However, there is a way to count people who log in.

• The Plan: We will divide the Building Wellness Group into three smaller groups. Each sub-division will take on a different segment of the website. The work will be done simultaneously, in three groups and with a separate timeline for each. These are the Toolkit Groups. Charla Franklin and Jan French will do Screening & Assessment. Erica Shoemaker, Pluscedia Williams, and Lupe Coleman will do Education. Ted Booker and Stella Tilghman will do Referrals (which involves developing a strategy to do referrals). Drew Jones and Ken Wells will do the pilot. Ken will also work on the research aspect and as a resource to all the groups. Erica Shoemaker will act as a resource on child issues.

• Action Item: Each Toolkit Group will bring an outline of their group’s activity. This phase is the Discovery phase.

• Partners in Care, et al: Dr. Wells brought several different assessment questionnaires for the group to look over and study. These included a Depression Toolkit from his book, a Partners in Care Initial Visit Worksheet, and a Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). Partners on Care also has a website already up and running.

• Other: Both Drew Jones and Ted Booker have a special interest in youth which they would like to explore in regards to Depression.

• Next Meeting: August 27^th, 2004 from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.