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.
Being healthy is a success that many people forget to celebrate.
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
US Has Worst Geographic Health Disparities in Developed World (opens new window)
The United States is home to the biggest geographic health disparities in the developed world, with researchers supported by the Commonwealth Fund finding significant outcomes differences falling along rural and urban lines. Read more (opens new window)
Respectful Maternity Care: Dissemination and Implementation of Perinatal Safety Culture to Improve Equitable Maternal Healthcare Delivery and Outcomes (opens new window)
Despite sizeable resources invested in US maternity care, severe maternal morbidity and death is worse in the US than in all comparable countries, with the greatest impact on Black women. Emerging research suggests that one key part of this problem relates to disrespectful care during childbirth. Read more (opens new window)
National Asian Pacific American Caucus of State Legislators (NAPACSL) Health Resources (opens new window)
NAPACSL Health, Human Services and Housing Committee focuses on addressing issues around health equity and disparities exacerbated by COVID-19, cancer and chronic disease in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities and the need for an increase of AAPIs in clinical trials. NAPACSL also focuses on data disaggregation and the impacts of anti-Asian bias on health. Access webinars, peer reviewed articles, clinical trials, and more. Read more (opens new window)
Bridging the Health Equity Gap – from Data to Wellbeing (opens new window)
Despite remarkable advancements in healthcare technology and medical research, significant disparities persist in accessing care and achieving positive health outcomes, particularly among minority populations. People of color, including Black and Hispanic communities and those of African descent, experience significantly poorer health outcomes for a number of diseases, including breast, ovarian or prostate cancers. Read more (opens new window)
MFP/ANA ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Congratulations to MFP alum Dr. Rolanda Johnson and Dr. Kathy Wright who will both be inducted into the 2023 American Academy of Nursing, during the Academy's 50th anniversary year Health Policy Conference, October 5-7, 2023, Washington, DC. View the full announcement
here (opens new window)
MFP Podcast: Mental Health Trailblazers – Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up! (opens new window)
New episode available! MFP alumna Faven Mesfin speaks on the mental health related challenges that immigrant youth are facing today – from the stress that comes with adapting to a new culture, the fallout from clashing norms and values, misunderstanding terminology, the nuances of language and how nurses can better fill the deficit in culturally competent behavioral health care providers that these adolescents and youth need to thrive. Learn how you can earn 0.5 hours of CNE credit for listening to this session here (opens new window).
The following may be of interest to you:
• American Psychiatric Association: "AI in Psychiatry: What APA Members Need to Know."
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): "Youth Suicide Prevention."
• Stanford Medicine: "Black Nurses Entry to Healthcare Career Study"
A study conducted by Stanford Health Care to learn about the various pathways and barriers to entering the nursing workforce. Learn more
here (opens new window)
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.
