{"id":1540,"date":"2023-05-16T20:20:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T20:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccfboston.org\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2023-05-17T16:26:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T16:26:05","slug":"engage-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccfboston.org\/impact-stories\/engage-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Engage Initiative Closes the Mental Health Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1540\" class=\"elementor elementor-1540\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6488138 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6488138\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e9962a3\" data-id=\"e9962a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-602ebdc ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"602ebdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Finding light during times of darkness can be difficult for anyone. For those suffering from mental illness, it can feel impossible. \u00a0<\/p><p>The pandemic was a period of extended darkness for many. It affected people differently, not just physically but also in their access to health care. Marginalized populations were more likely to contract and die from Covid-19. No one is as familiar with this grim fact than Dr. Kelly Irwin, Director of Collaborative Care and Community Engagement Program (Engage).<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/engageinitiative.org\/\">Engage Initiative<\/a> is a clinical, research, and advocacy program that increases access to quality cancer care for patients with serious mental illness, a vulnerable population who experience inequities in cancer care and increased cancer mortality.<\/p><p>\u201cAlthough the transformation to digital care that resulted from the pandemic was wonderful, it left many people behind,\u201d noticed Irwin. \u201cIf we don\u2019t invest in strategies that really target our marginalized populations, disparities in cancer mortality will widen. The reality of default systems such as patient portals is that they don\u2019t work for 90% of my patient population. Many of my patients don\u2019t even have a phone let alone access to Zoom.\u201d<\/p><h3><strong>Seeing the Invisibles<\/strong><\/h3><p>Dr. Irwin\u2019s patients can be described as the \u201cInvisibles\u201d, cancer patients who slip through the cracks of a system unprepared to support them. Engage seeks to increase these patients\u2019 access to timely, high quality, integrated mental illness and cancer care. Through advocacy and targeted policy directives, the program strives to improve the healthcare system and close the gaps in which patients are currently trapped- gaps that are wide and still widening.<\/p><p>\u201cDue to budgetary guidelines and because of all the emergency care that occurred during the pandemic, hospital systems are under a lot of pressure,\u201d says Irwin. \u201cThey\u2019re cutting budgets. They don\u2019t have flexible services. People are trying as hard as they can, but our patients have been excluded from research that could be lifesaving.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fa93ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fa93ec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea10528\" data-id=\"ea10528\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-524167c ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"524167c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-testimonial-wrapper{overflow:hidden;text-align:center}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-content{font-size:1.3em;margin-bottom:20px}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-name{line-height:1.5;display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-job{font-size:.85em;display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta{width:100%;line-height:1}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta-inner{display:inline-block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta .elementor-testimonial-details,.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta .elementor-testimonial-image{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta .elementor-testimonial-image img{width:60px;height:60px;border-radius:50%;-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover;max-width:none}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside .elementor-testimonial-image{padding-inline-end:15px}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside .elementor-testimonial-details{text-align:start}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-details,.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-image{display:block}.elementor-testimonial-wrapper .elementor-testimonial-meta.elementor-testimonial-image-position-top .elementor-testimonial-image{margin-bottom:20px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">\u201cWe\u2019re coming to the end of the pandemic, this public health emergency. But critical challenges still remain. For example, in the future phone visits may not be covered at the same reimbursement rate and that\u2019s a real problem. Patients won\u2019t be seen. They will die.\u201d<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Dr. Kelly Irwin<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c2cca8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c2cca8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1b081e\" data-id=\"c1b081e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e16dd62 ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e16dd62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_photomorph_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1652\" height=\"916\" src=\"https:\/\/ccfboston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Engage-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1554\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccfboston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Engage-2.png 1652w, https:\/\/ccfboston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Engage-2-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/ccfboston.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Engage-2-1536x852.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1652px) 100vw, 1652px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f49e09 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f49e09\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8eeaf0\" data-id=\"e8eeaf0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd0fc84 ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd0fc84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_perspektive_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Life Support <\/strong><\/h3><p>Support from the <a href=\"https:\/\/chfboston.org\/\">Catholic Health Foundation (CHF)<\/a> is vital to the success of Engage. \u201cWe know that people are 2-4x more likely to die of cancer because of the multi-level barriers of care,\u201d Irwin states. \u201cCatholic Health Foundation funding is critically important. It allows us to train \u2018Navigators\u2019 to support patients, it helps us teach clinicians across disciplines how to best care for these patients, and it supports a team approach, which is instrumental in building capacity.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p>She adds, \u201cMy wish would be that we would have more sustainable approaches to guide clinical care and research. Many good people work in hospital systems but there are competing needs and so many levels of structural discrimination. We need a longer vision.\u201d<\/p><p>Philanthropy, Irwin acknowledges, is a way to rapidly respond while also focusing on the human-centered part of the process. \u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cCHF has helped inform a new model of care. And having flexibility and support from philanthropic institutions like CHF is critically needed to bridge the gaps.\u201d Funding allows for investments in systems that can then deliver care at the necessary level to reach those left behind. 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