Toolkits
MHA’s BIPOC Mental Health Resource Center
Mental Health America’s online resource center offers tools to empower and uplift BIPOC individuals on their mental health journeys.
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Scholarly Articles
What Happened and Why: Responding to Racism, Discrimination, and Microaggressions in the Clinical Learning Environment
MedEdPortal | The Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources, 2022.
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Articles
Establishing a Hospital Based Food Pantry for Oncology Patients in Need: Better Outcomes Through Better Nutrition
Grantee Marlo Dombroff addressed food insecurity by improving access to nutritious foods and nutrition education for oncology patients.
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Metabolic Change, Reducing Healthcare Disparities for Rural Childhood Obesity and Diabetes
Grantees from Lake Erie College are addressing gaps in nutrition education and access to fresh food, which impact health disparities.
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Toolkits
Black Mental Health Matters: A Resource Guide
To honor individuals’ diversity, this tool from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing highlights resources available to Black communities.
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Guidelines & Instructions
Be the Change Grant Guidelines
Apply for up to $2,500 to expand access to health promotion, education, and treatment
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Scholarly Articles
Advancing Health Equity: Guide on Language, Narrative and Concepts
American Medical Association and Association of American Medical Colleges, 2021.
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Articles
Suicide on the Rise in Black and African American Communities
Suicide rates among African American adolescents and young adults are the highest number and rate of any other African American group.
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Articles
Taking PRIDE in Mental Health
LGBTQ persons are more than twice as likely than heterosexual men and women to have a mental health disorder in their lifetime.
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Scholarly Articles
Implementing Anti-Racism Interventions in Healthcare Settings: A Scoping Review
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021.
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Articles
Decreasing Disparities & Increasing Access for Transgender Patients
PA student led a team at UT Southwestern to raise awareness of health disparities for transgender persons.
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Videos
Power to Inspire: Health & Human Rights
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights' 2020 virtual series includes six webinars addressing mental health disparities in the US: (1) The toll of white supremacy and trauma on mental health, (2) States’ failing mental health parity laws, (3) Mental health among young people in marginalized communities, (4) Trauma informed care relating to gender-based and intersectionality-based violence, (5) Human rights HIV/AIDS and mental health, and (6) Homelessness and mental health.
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Scholarly Articles
Twelve tips for responding to microaggressions and overt discrimination: When the patient offends the learner
Medical Teacher, 2019.
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Scholarly Articles
Urban Partnerships to Address Health Literacy in High Need Populations
Kathy Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care: Marquette University. J. Knox, A. Vuyk, and A. Keller. Metropolitan University Journal. June 2019.
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Presentations
Urban Partnerships to Address Health Literacy in Low-Income Adults
Kathy Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care: J. Knox, A. Vuyk, A. Keller. American Academy of PAs Annual Conference - Poster. May 2019.
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