Number
201411
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. LEWIS
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Department of Administration and the Commissioner of Health, in collaboration with the Board of Health, to work with the National Research Center at Polco to draft benchmarks as well as a scope of work, outreach plan and implementation schedule for a citywide mental health needs assessment survey.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of Administration and the Commissioner of Health, in collaboration with the Board of Health, to work with the National Research Center at Polco to draft benchmarks as well as a scope of work, outreach plan and implementation schedule for a citywide mental health needs assessment survey. The Department of Administration and the Commissioner of Health are directed to report the status of this needs survey to the Common Council by May 31, 2021.
Body
Whereas, The Centers for Disease Control conducted the Household Pulse Survey between April 23, 2020, and February 1, 2021, to monitor changes in mental health during the COVID pandemic; and
Whereas, Thirty-six percent of respondents to the Household Pulse Survey reported experiencing symptoms associated with generalized anxiety disorder or major depressive disorder when surveyed during the last 2 weeks of January, 2021, up slightly from the 31% responding similarly during the last week of April, 2020, but 25 percentage points greater than the 11% of respondents who reported experiencing such symptoms in the 2019 National Health Interview Survey; and
Whereas, Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic Household Pulse Survey respondents, and respondents between 18 and 29, reported experiencing symptoms associated with generalized anxiety disorder or major depressive disorder when surveyed during the last 2 weeks of January, 2021, at rates higher than respondents as a whole, as listed below:
Non-Hispanic Blacks 38%
Hispanic 42%
Persons between 18-29 49%
and:
Wherea...
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