Stacy B.

Stacy B.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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    Missouri, United States

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    Kansas City, Missouri Area

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    Hannibal, Missouri

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    Kansas City, Missouri Area

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    Kirksville, MO and Mesa, AZ

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    Kansas City, Missouri Area

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    Kansas City, Missouri Area

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    Kansas City, Missouri Area

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    Overland Park, Kansas

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    Greater Chicago Area

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    Kansas City, Kansas

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    Kansas City, Kansas Area

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Licenses & Certifications

  • Growthworks Marketing Consultant Certification Graphic
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

    State of Arkansas Department of Health

    Issued Expires
    Credential ID 12439-C
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

    Missouri Division of Professional Registration

    Issued Expires
    Credential ID 1999137993
  • Licensed Clinical Specialist Social Worker

    Kansas Behavioral Sciences Board

    Issued Expires
    Credential ID 2162
  • Certified Master Practitioner of Hypnotherapy Graphic

    Certified Master Practitioner of Hypnotherapy

    Association for Integrative Psychology

    Issued Expires
    Credential ID #НМ-003558
  • Certified Master Practitioner of MER® (Mental Emotional Release®) Graphic

    Certified Master Practitioner of MER® (Mental Emotional Release®)

    Association for Integrative Psychology

    Issued Expires
    Credential ID #MM-003558
  • Certified Master Practitioner of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Graphic

    Certified Master Practitioner of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)

    Association for Integrative Psychology

    Issued Expires
    Credential ID #NM-003558
  • Women Owned Small Business

    Women's Business Council Development Center - Midwest

    Issued Expires
    Credential ID WOSB220612
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    WBENC Women Owned Business

    WBENC

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    Credential ID 20960744
  • Certified Minority and Women Owned Business Graphic

    Certified Minority and Women Owned Business

    State of Missouri

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    Credential ID 4959
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Publications

  • Native Health News Alliance: Promoting healthy communities through indigenous journalism & outreach

    National Public Health Information Coalition Symposia, Washington, DC

    Native Health News Alliance (planning stage)
    NHNA is overseen by a diverse team of journalism educators with extensive tribal and mainstream media experience.
    Teresa Trumbly Lamsam, Rhonda LeValdo
    Media consultant and KU professor Mike Williams
    Wellbound Storytellers blog (live)
    www.wellboundstorytellers.com
    Lamsam, LeValdo, Braiuca, and growing team of bloggers, health experts

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  • Development of a Professional Education Program about Mental Health Needs of American Indians.

    Institute for Healthcare Advancement: IHA's 11th Annual Health Literacy Conference

    Mood disorder, addictions, & related outcomes (e.g. suicide, aggression, etc) affect American Indians (AIs) disproportionally. Nonetheless, there is not a good understanding for the cause of this disparity. Furthermore, historical and current policies impact mental health treatment for AIs. Underfunded healthcare systems, conflicting system policies, and indirectly, two centuries of government policies have not resulted in better mental health outcomes and may have negatively shaped the mental…

    Mood disorder, addictions, & related outcomes (e.g. suicide, aggression, etc) affect American Indians (AIs) disproportionally. Nonetheless, there is not a good understanding for the cause of this disparity. Furthermore, historical and current policies impact mental health treatment for AIs. Underfunded healthcare systems, conflicting system policies, and indirectly, two centuries of government policies have not resulted in better mental health outcomes and may have negatively shaped the mental health information and treatment choices for AIs. In fact, the systems in place do not address this disparity with programs that address unique AI issues.To begin to focus on unique needs of AIs, we describe the development and qualitative testing of a professional education curriculum comprised of a booklet and presentation slides about AI mental health concerns and treatment considerations. The booklet development began after a health literacy assessment of current materials at Mental Health America of the Heartland. Following this assessment, education materials were drafted and subsequently were assessed qualitatively via semi-structured interviews and focus groups with community members. The developed materials took into consideration differences between Biomedicine’s and Traditional American Indian definitions of, and treatment for, mental illness.
    A collaborative effort, such as the one taken by our team, to include members of underserved communities and providers in the materials development process will do nothing but help to move us toward the creation of culturally accepted mental illness definitions and treatment. With improved educational communication vehicles, such as the booklet and presentation developed for this project, we can begin the critically important journey of effectively integrating Biomedicine and Traditional medicine to better serve the mental health needs of American Indians. Keywords: health literacy, mental health, literature, readability.

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  • Digital narratives: Translating oral tradition into viral empowerment for wellness.

    National Indian Health Board National Tribal Public Health Summit, Tulsa, OK

    Storytelling weaves our culture's education into the generations. The diaspora of our Nations has caused barriers to maintaining these cultural ties. With today’s technologies, American Indian communities can expand the reach and depth of storytelling through digital online tools. Building relationships in our communities strengthens our social health. Digital narratives create an archive of our wellness journeys and a collaborative map of the paths to wellness for the betterment of current…

    Storytelling weaves our culture's education into the generations. The diaspora of our Nations has caused barriers to maintaining these cultural ties. With today’s technologies, American Indian communities can expand the reach and depth of storytelling through digital online tools. Building relationships in our communities strengthens our social health. Digital narratives create an archive of our wellness journeys and a collaborative map of the paths to wellness for the betterment of current and future generations. This presentation will describe and demonstrate some of the most popular Social Media and interactive tools, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, and Diigo. We will discuss how each tool is used, abilities of each, and measurements within each tool to evaluate your reach. You will see examples of current social media practices in health outreach. You will hear what the research says about how to use these tools in combination with one another. We will all share in discussion about how to adapt these tools to our communities and how to apply social media strategies to everyday practice.

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  • Health Literacy Assessment for Mental Health America of the Heartland Using Fry, SMOG, and SAM Readability Tools.

    Institute for Healthcare Advancement: IHA's 11th Annual Health Literacy Conference

    Mental Health America of the Heartland (MHAH) is a community advocacy and education agency located in the Kansas City metropolitan area. MHAH is affiliated with a National organization that was established in 1909, during the beginning of the “consumer movement” which involved adults and children living with mental illness with their own recovery.
    This poster presents assessment results from a sample of mental health literature (N=15) available to patients, professionals and the public from…

    Mental Health America of the Heartland (MHAH) is a community advocacy and education agency located in the Kansas City metropolitan area. MHAH is affiliated with a National organization that was established in 1909, during the beginning of the “consumer movement” which involved adults and children living with mental illness with their own recovery.
    This poster presents assessment results from a sample of mental health literature (N=15) available to patients, professionals and the public from MHAH. These materials are taken to local and regional school presentations, health fairs, the agency’s own education events, and had previously not been assessed for health literacy, according to the agency’s Executive Director. Materials were each assessed using three different measures of health literacy. The Fry (Fry Readability Formula, a form of regression analysis for literacy), measures reading grade level, the SMOG (Simplified Measure Of Gobbledygook), estimates the education reading level for an individual to understand the material, and SAM (Suitability Assessment of Materials) assesses the overall suitability of materials, including the reading level, writing style, vocabulary, content, cultural appropriateness, and clarity. Considering the wide range of educational attainment of MHAH’s audience, assessment of their materials for appropriate literacy levels is important to their mission. The grade level of most items on the materials was Graduate level and beyond, which highlights the need for future study and development of more appropriate literature for future readers of all literacy levels.

    Keywords: health literacy, mental health, literature, readability.

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  • Development of a Professional Education Program about Mental Health Needs of American Indians.

    Kansas Public Health Association, Fall Conference, Wichita, KS

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  • Health Literacy Assessment for Mental Health America of the Heartland Using Fry, SMOG, and SAM Readability Tools.

    Kansas Public Health Association, Fall Conference, Wichita, KS

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  • Impact of Tobacco Dependence on American Indian Smokers’ Importance to Quit.

    University of Kansas Cancer Center Fall Symposium, Kansas City, KS.

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  • Is Traditional Use of Tobacco related to Cigarette Consumption?

    Cultivating Healthy Kansans– A Leadership Summit on Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention.

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  • Patterns of breast and colorectal cancer screening among American Indians in Kansas and Kansas City, MO.

    University of Kansas Cancer Center Fall Symposium, Kansas City, KS.

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  • Creating CBPR Collaborations with urban and related American Indian population groups in the Kansas City Area

    Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Center for Health Disparities, “Healthy Cultures, Healthy Kansas,” Topeka, KS

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Courses

  • Certified Master Practitioner of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), MER® (Mental Emotional Release®), and Hypnotherapy

    November 2022

  • Community Based Participatory Research

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  • Health Literacy

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  • Social and Behavioral Health

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Languages

  • Latin

    Limited working proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

  • Potawatomi

    Elementary proficiency

Organizations

  • United States Association of Social Workers

    Chief Technology Officer

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  • National Association of Social Workers

    Missouri Chapter Board of Directors, Chapter Committee Representative, NOMINATIONS & LEADERSHIP IDEN

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