If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way- Martin Luther King
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
An Ecosystem of Health Disparities and Minority Health Resources (opens new window)
Are you examining how social determinants of health affect the community you serve? Take a closer look with data from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Read more (opens new window)
Why Building Black Wealth is Key to Health Equity (opens new window)
To dismantle structural racism, says a renowned economist, our nation needs a new narrative—and systems and policies that advance racial and economic justice. The racial wealth gap has a clear and direct impact on health. The wealth position a child is born into will shape opportunity, outcomes and health throughout life. Read more (opens new window)
LGBTQ+ & BIPOC youth led study on COVID-19 vax has surprising results (opens new window)
BOULDER, Co. – Out Boulder County in partnership with El Centro AMISTAD and Unwoven Ventures with the leadership of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) youth created what may be the nation’s first LGBTQ+ and BIPOC youth-led survey on COVID-19 vaccination uptake, acceptance, hesitancy, and resistance. A key finding of the survey is that economic disadvantage and race make a meaningful impact on vaccination rates and levels of acceptance. Read more (opens new window)
MFP/ANA ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
SAMHSA is now recruiting grant peer reviewers who can evaluate applications for discretionary grants. Reviewers will receive $140 per application reviewed and returned to SAMHSA in the timeline specified for each program. Learn more (opens new window)
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Discuss the mechanisms by which structural racism (racism embedded within clinical, organizational/institutional, financial/payment models, and societal practices and policies).
Read more and register (opens new window)
The MFP plays crucial roles in (a) encouraging students of all ethnic minorities to enter master’s and doctoral programs in behavioral health nursing, and (b) supporting them with fellowships during their studies. Learn more and apply at
apply.emfp.org.
About MFP
Funding for the MFP e-Newsletter was made possible (in part) by Grant Number 1H79SM080386-04 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.