MFP/ANA e-Newsletter: July 21, 2023

HEALTH DISPARITY RELATED ARTICLES

Black patients adjust behavior to reduce chance of discrimination in health care settings, survey finds (opens new window)

A young mother in California’s Antelope Valley bathes her children and dresses them in neat clothes, making sure they look their very best — at medical appointments. “I brush their teeth before they see the dentist. Just little things like that to protect myself from being treated unfairly,” she told researchers. Read more (opens new window)

Women and Anxiety (opens new window)

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders in the United States. They affect up to 40 million American adults each year. Women are more than twice as likely as men to develop an anxiety disorder in their lifetime. Anxiety disorders are highly treatable, yet less than 37% of those suffering is treated. Read more (opens new window)

Poor Mental Health Impacts Adolescent Well-being (opens new window)

In 2021, more than 4 in 10 (42%) students felt persistently sad or hopeless and nearly one-third (29%) experienced poor mental health. In 2021, more than 1 in 5 (22%) students seriously considered attempting suicide and 1 in 10 (10%) attempted suicide. These data bring into focus the level of distress many students are experiencing. Read more (opens new window)

Early pandemic relief funding to hospitals differed by communities' race, ethnicity makeup, HHS OIG finds (opens new window)

Fewer target Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments sent to hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic’s opening year reached hospitals serving patient populations with more Hispanic/Latino Americans, according to a recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG). Read more (opens new window)

HOTLINE RESOURCES

Stop COVID-19 Xenophobia: Report Asian American Hate crimes due to COVID-19 misinformation (opens new window)

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (opens new window) or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) 

The Substance and Mental Health Services Administration (opens new window) provides COVID-19 guidance and resources to assist individuals, providers, communities and sates across the country. The website is updated daily.

The National CLAS Standards

The National CLAS Standards are a set of 15 action steps intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by providing a blueprint for individuals and health and health care organizations to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate services. View the standards here (opens new window)