The power of visibility can never be underestimated.
— Margaret Cho
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
PhenX Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Assessments Collection Toolkit (opens new window)
The PhenX Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Assessments Collection, available in the PhenX Toolkit, contains 19 new protocols that expand on the previous SDOH collection to help measure upstream factors that shape behaviors and health outcomes. This collection provides a common currency for studying SDOH across public health research studies. Access the toolkit (opens new window)
Study Highlights Relationship Between Racism, Activism and Stress (opens new window)
A recent study from North Carolina State University underscores the feedback loop between racism, stress and anti-racist activism in young Black people. Specifically, the study highlights that experiencing racism is stressful for Black youth in their late teens and twenties, and that taking action to address racism is both a response to that stress and a source of stress in itself. R (opens new window)ead more (opens new window)
Major funding award supports Yale efforts to address maternal health inequities (opens new window)
More than 700 women die each year from pregnancy-related complications in the United States, even though the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says two out of three of those deaths are preventable. Pregnancy risks are especially high among women in priority populations that have been historically underserved and experience systemic racism. Black women in the U.S., according to the CDC, are more likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth than any other demographic. Read more (opens new window)
Medicaid and Racial Health Equity (opens new window)
As a major source of health coverage for people of color, Medicaid programs can help to address health disparities. And, during the pandemic Medicaid enrollment has increased, reflecting both changes in the economy as well as “maintenance of eligibility” requirements included in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). In the past year, the federal government and many states have identified advancing health equity as a key priority for the Medicaid program. This issue brief provides greater insight into the role Medicaid can play in advancing racial health equity by answering three key questions. Read more (opens new window)
MFP/ANA ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) at the American Nurses Association (ANA) is proud to highlight twenty psychiatric mental health pioneers during Women's HERstory Month 2022.
Read more (opens new window)The following resource may be of interest to you: "Treating Racial Trauma: Strategies for Working with the Wounds of Racism Module"
This MFP/ANA educational offering is scheduled for July 19-20, in Washington, DC. The link to register is is forthcoming.
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.
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