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- Identify possible
connections between environmental stressors and medical and /or mental
health conditions.
- Help individuals
and family better address environmental stressors contributing to medical/
mental health conditions.
- Provide counseling
to individuals and families around emotional issues that may be exacerbating
medical conditions.
- Enlist the support
community systems (e.g., schools, employers, neighbors, friends, and
families) to help individuals and their families better cope with their
medical/ mental health conditions.
- Serve in leadership
roles with other rural health care team members concerning how to implement
community-level preventative efforts.
- Provide consultation
to physicians and other health care professionals about psychosocial
factors impacting patient and community health and the course of various
medical conditions.
- Facilitate effective
collaboration between different health care providers and patients/clients
(e.g., help ensure that physicians and their patients clearly understand
one-another).
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