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The MFP is an initiative staffed by ANA with funding from SAMHSA, making fellowships available to ethnic and racial psychiatric nursing students who are enrolled full time in an accredited master’s/doctoral nursing program.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
This week’s recommended Health and Wellness Activity
HEALTH DISPARITY RELATED ARTICLES
Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccinations among Children (opens new window)
As of July 26, 2021, seven states were reporting vaccination data by race/ethnicity and age and included an age group for people below age 18: Connecticut, the District of Columbia (DC), Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, South Carolina, and Wisconsin (Figure 1). While these states report race/ethnicity for a children’s age group, they vary in both the racial/ethnic categories read more (opens new window)
Aboriginal health groups fear ‘big gaps’ in vaccine coverage are being hidden by lack of data (opens new window)
Aboriginal health organizations are calling on the federal government to release more detailed data on vaccination rates in Aboriginal communities, with concerns “big gaps” in coverage have emerged that need to be urgently addressed, read more (opens new window)
Expanding Medicare Eligibility Could Help Reduce Minority Health Disparities (opens new window)
Racial and ethnic disparities in access to health insurance and care are greatly reduced when Americans turn 65 and are eligible for Medicare, according to a new study published by JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. The research, conducted by the Yale School of Public Health, reviewed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data from 2.4 million Americans ages 51 to 79. Their analysis found that insurance coverage for Latinos rose from 77 percent to 91 percent at age 65 and for Blacks it went from 86 percent to nearly 96 percent, read more (opens new window)
Latest Data on COVID-19 Vaccinations Race/Ethnicity (opens new window)
The CDC reports demographic characteristics, including race/ethnicity, of people receiving COVID-19 vaccinations at the national level. As of June 07, 2021, CDC reported that race/ethnicity was known for 57% of people who had received at least one dose of r (opens new window)ead more (opens new window)
MFP/ANA ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Registration has been extended until 11:59pm/ET tonight, August 6.
The MFP/ANA Virtual Intensive Summer Institute is August 19-21, 2021. The theme is "Advancing Behavioral Health Equity among Racial and Ethnic Minority and Indigenous Populations."
If you haven’t received an invitation to register, check your spam/junk mail for an email from anamfp@mcievents.com.
View our Schedule of Events and Confirmed Speakers and Moderators at emfp.org/library/continuing-education/mfp-2021-virtual-intensive-summer-institute
About MFP
Funding for the MFP e-Newsletter was made possible (in part) by Grant Number 1H79SM080386-03 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written training materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
