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 open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.
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
Prioritizing Minority Mental Health (opens new window)
Many people from racial and ethnic minority groups have difficulty getting mental health care. This can be due to many different reasons, such as cost or not having adequate health insurance coverage. Read more (opens new window)
The gaps in cancer mortality rates for U.S. Hispanics (opens new window)
Death rates from certain cancers rose in Hispanic men and women over the two decades ending in 2020 while the rest of the population saw mortality decline, according to a new JAMA Oncology study. Read more (opens new window)
Shedding Light on Healthcare Algorithmic and Artificial Intelligence Bias (opens new window)
Doctors and other health care providers are increasingly using healthcare algorithms (a computation, often based on statistical or mathematical models, that helps medical practitioners make diagnoses and decisions for treatments) and artificial intelligence (AI), to diagnose patient illnesses, suggest treatments, predict health risks, and more. In some cases, this is fine. However, using healthcare algorithms and AI can sometimes worsen things for people from certain ethnic or racial groups. Read more (opens new window)
Ending racial health disparities hinges on penalties, political will, experts say (opens new window)
The nation’s widespread racial health disparities won’t be erased without changes to how health care systems are funded and accredited, more public and financial accountability for poor patient outcomes, and more work to overturn the income inequality and residential segregation tied to poorer health and lower life expectancy for many people who are Black and brown. Read more (opens new window)
MFP/ANA ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Congratulations to alumna Precious Daniels on recently joining Gaudenzia, Inc., Addiction Treatment & Recovery Services, as the Director of Nursing! To learn more about the position and Gaudenzia, Inc., click here (opens new window).
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. Daisy Lara joins our host Indrias Kassaye for a conversation on the mental health related challenges facing the fastest growing adolescent and youth population in the United States today, Hispanic young people. Click here to learn more.
The following may be of interest to you:
• Mental Health America: We Take Care of Us: BIPOC-Led Community Spaces Providing Healing and Support
• NIMH Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity: "Creating Equitable and Inclusive Graduate Programs: From Recruitment to Admission to Retention"
About MFP
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