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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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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Articles
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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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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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
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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Presentations
HEALing Health Literacy at Two Urban Low-Income Clinics: A Sharper View Through the Lens of Health Literacy
Kathy Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care: Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit Poster. April 2019.
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Presentations
Urban Partnerships to Address Health Literacy in Low-Income and Homeless Adults
Kathy Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care: A. Keller. Coalition of Urban & Metropolitan Universities Conference. October 2018.
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Presentations
The HEAL Program
Kathy Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care: J. Knox. The HEAL Program. Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants Conference. March 2018.
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Videos
Learn: Small Steps Can Make a Big Impact
Designed with clinicians in mind, learn from PAs and interprofessional partners the small steps to integrate oral health in your practice.
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