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.
if it cost you your peace it's too expensive.
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
8 Big Reasons Liver Cancer Hurts Latinos (opens new window)
Latinos have the second-highest rate of dying from liver cancer among racial/ethnic groups. Understanding the reasons why this is happening can reveal how to address this suffering and prevent liver cancer among Latinos, which can improve health for the broader population. Read more (opens new window)
Major Depression Is More Likely to Be Misdiagnosed if You’re Black — Here’s How to Advocate for Yourself (opens new window)
The notion that Black people don’t get depression is a pervasive myth. The reality is that Black Americans do get depression, but they may not always get the proper diagnosis or treatment for it. (Decades of research back this up.) One factor is clinical depression being more likely to be misdiagnosed as schizophrenia than others. Even when Black people show signs of major depressive disorder (MDD), Read more (opens new window)
CDC: Mistreatment During Maternity Care Contributes to Maternal Health Disparities (opens new window)
The reasons for America’s maternal health crisis is multi-faceted, but a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vital Signs survey highlights one potential reason for this worsening health trend – mistreatment of women by healthcare workers during pregnancy and delivery care. Read more (opens new window)
The Face Of Rural Addiction Is Not What You Think (opens new window)
If you were asked 30 years ago, at the height of the crack and heroin epidemics, what the typical drug user looked like, what would you say? You would probably say they were some combination of urban, poor, and Black or Latino. And you wouldn’t be too far off. But by the early and mid-2000s you might have noticed that drug use was seemingly becoming more common outside of the nation’s impoverished, non-white inner cities. Read more (opens new window)
MFP/ANA ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Photo Recap: MFP/ANA Staff attended the 19th annual Asian American/Pacific Islander Nurses Association (AAPINA) Conference in Los Angeles, CA August 25-26. In attendance were MFP alumna Wonkyung Chang and current National Advisory Committee (NAC) member Elizabeth Fildes who both presented. Chang (pictured in top left image) presented her abstract titled, "Minority Stress Model: Theory Analysis and Potential Application to Unhealthy Alcohol Use among Sexual Minorities," and Fildes (pictured in bottom left image) presented on health equity.
Calling all current alumnae MFP/ANA Fellows!
Our biographical update form will allow you to update your biographical portfolio by sharing your career and research updates. You'll also be able to sign up to be a mentor via the form. Stay tuned!
MFP Podcast: Mental Health Trailblazers – Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up!
New episode available! Public discourse in America today laments increasing polarization, a society wide retrenchment into siloed communities defined by characteristics which can include race and ethnic identity, religion, political affiliation, perspectives on gender roles and sexual orientation, and a whole host of other factors. Tune into MFP/ANA Alumna Tricia Howard discussing the mental health impact of these dynamics for adolescents and young people with host Indrias Kassaye. Learn how you can earn 0.5 hours of CNE credit for listening to this session here.
The following may be of interest to you:
• Hawaii – American Nurses Association: "The Screen and Intervene Initiative: Implementing a SDoH* screening and resource intervention for adult mental health patients in the Emergency Department *Social Determinants of Health."
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.
