Each week a quote is shared for your consideration. Some quotes might offer comfort, hope, a challenge, a chuckle, or inspiration. You may or may not agree with the quote, but it is offered simply to help you reflect and ponder.
Be kind to your mind.
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
The 'model minority' myth: Its impact on well-being and mental health (opens new window)
The “model minority” myth implies that certain ethnic minorities are better than others: better at adjusting to a different culture, more hardworking, more academically gifted. But this false narrative can segregate communities and cause a lot of harm to mental health and other aspects of well-being. Read more (opens new window)
Yale Study Documents Staggering Toll of Health Disparities for Black Americans (opens new window)
A new study reveals a staggering disparity in life expectancy between Black Americans and their white counterparts between 1999 and 2020. In an analysis of U.S. data, a Yale-led team of researchers found 1.63 million excess deaths in the Black population compared with white Americans, representing more than 80 million excess years of potential life lost. Read more (opens new window)
“Culturally Responsive” Substance Use Treatment: Contemporary Definitions and Approaches for Minoritized Racial/Ethnic Groups (opens new window)
Abstract: Purpose of Review Culturally responsive interventions are important for mitigating disparities in substance use outcomes among minoritized racial/ethnic groups, but they are poorly defined and scarcely implemented. This paper provides a dimensional definition and contemporary review of culturally responsive substance use treatment for minoritized racial/ ethnic groups. Read more (opens new window)
Why do so many Black women die in pregnancy? (opens new window)
This story is part one of an AP series examining the health disparities experienced by Black Americans across a lifetime. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Angelica Lyons knew it was dangerous for Black women to give birth in America. As a public health instructor, she taught college students about racial health disparities, including the fact that Black women in the U.S. are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy or delivery than any other race. Read more (opens new window)
Asian Researchers Face Disparity With Key U.S. Science Funding Source (opens new window)
White researchers fared best in winning grants from the National Science Foundation, a study says. Asians encounter the highest rate of rejections, challenging an academic stereotype. Read more (opens new window)
MFP/ANA ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Earn 0.5 hours of CNE credit for listening to this session! MFP/ANA alumna, Dr. Beverly Patchell, an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, joins Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up! host Indrias Kassaye, to discuss the unique factors and circumstances that have contributed to high suicide rates among Native American Youth and what behavioral health professionals including psychiatric mental health nurses can do about it. Click here to learn more.
The following may be of interest to you:
• American Council on Education (ACE): "What Works for Improving Mental Health in Higher Education?"
About MFP
Funding for the MFP e-Newsletter was made possible (in part) by Grant Number 1H79SM080386-05 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.
Congratulations to now alumna Dr. Nia Josiah on graduating from Columbia University School of Nursing (CUSON). Her DNP quality improvement project explored the effects of prescription drug abuse among Black women in disadvantaged communities and the efficacy of trauma informed care. Her research interests are racial and ethnic health disparities in disadvantaged minority populations.
