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.
Diversity and inclusion, which are the real grounds for creativity, must remain at the center of what we do.
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
America’s Youth in Emotional Crisis: The CDC’s Latest Study on Youth Risk Behavior Shows High Levels of Suicide Among Girls and Youth Identifying as Hispanic and/or LGBTQ+ (opens new window)
A new report by the Centers for Disease Control shows that an alarming number of adolescents are engaging in suicidal ideation, and the numbers are especially high among girls, and among youth identifying as Indigenous, Hispanic, multiracial, or LGBTQ+. Read more (opens new window)
Utah is getting its 1st full-service LGBTQ health clinic (opens new window)
The Utah AIDS Foundation announced that it is expanding to become Utah's first full-service LGBTQ health care clinic. The announcement also includes a rebrand to UAF Legacy Health. The new primary care clinic is set to open in September and will offer mental health services, primary health care, gender hormone therapy and pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis. Read more (opens new window)
Heart health is sub-optimal among American Indian/Alaska Native women, supports needed (opens new window)
AI/AN women have more risk factors for poor heart health, such as high rates of Type 2 diabetes, obesity and smoking, and increased exposure to trauma and violence, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement. Read more (opens new window)
Lack of Men of Color in Health Professions Is a National Crisis (opens new window)
The low number of Latinos and other men of color graduating and entering the health care professions is a national crisis, according to a new consensus statement led by the Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions (FASHP). Read more (opens new window)
MFP/ANA ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Congratulations to current doctoral Fellow Laura Mata Lopez for recently winning the Excellence in Health Equity Research Award at John's Hopkins School of Nursing.
Congratulations to MFP/ANA alumna Dr. Marie Smith-East on being among nurses highlighted in ANA article that shares the stories of nurses who chose distinctive paths to make significant impacts.
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MFP Podcast: Mental Health Trailblazers – Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up!
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:
• National Center for School Mental Health: PRIDE Month Webinar Series: "Walking with Tribal Youth on Their Sacred Journey."
• Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination: "Leaving No One Behind: Interventions that Address Systems and Structures to Reduce Hepatitis C Virus Disparities."
• American Council on Education (ACE): "What Works for Improving Mental Health in Higher Education?"
About MFP
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