Perseverance is not a long race, it is many short races one after the other.
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
New research highlights racial disparities in the treatment of opioid use disorder (opens new window)
Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUDs) like methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone significantly lower the risk of deadly overdose and all-cause mortality. MOUDs are one of the safest and most effective treatments available today. Despite this, only one in five people receives them. Worse still, gross racial disparities exist in treatment levels. Research has shown that Black patients are 50% less likely to benefit from MOUDs than their White counterparts. R (opens new window)ead more (opens new window)
Why Black and Latinx women are more likely to struggle with impostor syndrome—and how to overcome it (opens new window)
It’s called impostor syndrome – when one perceives themselves as an intellectual and professional fraud —and she’s not alone. More than half of women said they have felt like impostors, compared to only 24% of men, according to a study by Heriot-Watt University and the School for CEOs. And younger people were more prone to feeling like an impostor: 45% of young professionals compared to 30% of older professionals said they doubt their abilities. Read more (opens new window)
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities’ Etiology-Related Strategies to Advance Health Disparities Science (opens new window)
Health disparities are a substantial burden to society in terms of healthcare costs, lost productivity, and general societal well-being. In 2015, NIMHD began a visioning process to create a scientific vision that will transform minority health and health disparities research. Thirty specific research strategies across the three pillars that guided the science visioning – methods and measurement, etiology and interventions – establish a new paradigm to stimulate research for improving minority health and closing the gaps in health disparities. 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
Congratulations to MFP alum Dr. John Lowe for receiving Eastern Mennonite University's 2021 Alumnus of the Year Award! Dr. Lowe is a professor at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing and an Indigenous adjunct scholar affiliate at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia and the first Native American man to be inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.
Read more (opens new window)On-Demand American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program Webinar presented by Dr. Candice Hargons, Dr. Linda James Myers, and Dr. Thomas Parham discusses how practitioners survive and respond to racial trauma.
Read more (opens new window)Upcoming IM4US Conference, September 23-25, will offer high-quality educational content worth up to 30 CEU/CME, from a brilliantly diverse group of presenters collaborating together for a stunningly compelling conference program.
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