Working Groups
Each working group is comprised of members with various research and healthcare backgrounds. Members within each group are responsible for the following:
A: Facilitating group activities.
B: Identifying and analyzing problems within the population.
C: Inventorying existing research and addressing unmet needs.
D: Identifying and facilitating the use of databases and funding streams.
E: Evaluating new initiatives.
Behavioral Health Working Group
The seven members of the Behavioral Health Working Group represent collaboration between the UTSPH, the University of Texas Mental Sciences Institute, Mental Health Association of Greater Houston, Houston Independent School District Psychology Services, Mental Health & Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County, and the City of Houston Health Department. They are currently focused on the following projects:
1) conducting an evaluation to determine if it is cost-effective to provide community-based mental health services to juvenile offenders.
2) describing the extent of mental health involvement among juvenile offenders.
EMS/Trauma Working Group
The Emergency Medical Care/Trauma Working Group has ten members from the UTSPH, Harris County Hospital District, Texas Childrens’ Hospital, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, and the Houston/Galveston Area Council. Current projects involve:
1) analysis of the 2004 Emergency Department use among sixteen Harris County hospitals
2) development of measures to gauge the functioning of the local emergency/trauma system and the impact of policy changes through the analysis of emergency room diversion data, trauma registry, and hospital discharge data in order to develop benchmark indicators of performance of the regional trauma system.
Community Health Working Group
(information not currently available)
Primary Care Working Group
Current projects include:
