The SES Indicator

August 2011 | Vol. 4, No. 1

Message from the Director of APA’s Office on SES

Keyona King-Tsikata, MPH, introduces this issue's theme, guest editor, and outlines SES events at APA Annual Convention

Guest Editor Lynn Todman, PhD discusses how social conditions shape the incidence of mental health outcomes

Health impact assessment: A tool to increase health in decision-making
Many decisions related to economic, environmental and social determinants of health are made outside the domains of health and mental health
Mental Health Impact Assessment and public policy
The capacity to determine prospectively the potential ramifications of governmental action upon the social determinants of mental health is very important
SES Policy Corner: Taking research to action: Psychology’s role in integrating the social determinants of mental health in public policy
The Health Places Act, which established an interagency working group to discuss environmental health concerns was followed by the Health Impact Assessment Act to reduce health disparities through social policy, land use, the built environment, and other public policies and projects
Become a key contact
Psychologists have an important role to play in educating legislators

Meet the new members of CSES
OSES is pleased to welcome the newest members of CSES: Laura Smith, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Teachers College of Columbia University; and Salvador Macías, III, PhD, Professor at University of South Carolina, Sumter
CSES Organization Leadership Award: Jubilee Jobs of Washington, D.C.
Award for those who have made significant contributions to the understanding of socioeconomic status and the lives and wellbeing of low-income groups
Call for nominations to serve on CSES beginning in 2012
Three-year terms will begin in January 2012
Join the SES Network and Listserv
A platform to share information and ideas, raise questions and identify critical problems