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.
Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.
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
An apology to Indigenous communities sparks a mental health rethink (opens new window)
Earlier this year, the leading psychological association in the United States apologized to the country’s Indigenous people and communities for directly and indirectly supporting centuries of abusive assimilation efforts. Those efforts included pushing Indigenous people off their lands and separating children from their families for placement in boarding schools. Read more (opens new window)
4 Factors that Increase Summer Obesity Risk in Latino Children (opens new window)
During the summer months children are at a higher risk of obesity, according to the American Heart Association.This is concerning considering obesity rates are already sky-high in young Latino boys (30%) and girls (23%). But what exactly causes this increased risk for obesity during the summer? Read more (opens new window)
Discipline is still biased. How to reduce racial disparities in suspension rates (opens new window)
Despite attempts to eliminate bias from school discipline policies, Black students continue to receive harsher punishments than White students for the same infractions. But Jason Okonofua, PhD, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, is working to change that. He developed an intervention, known as empathic discipline, that helps teachers cultivate a growth mindset and respond with empathy when students act out. Read more (opens new window)
View pregnancy as ‘window to future health’ to lower risks for Black, indigenous women (opens new window)
Black and indigenous women in the U.S. experience “unacceptably poor” maternal health outcomes, including disproportionately high rates of mortality and morbidity with CVD as the leading cause, according to a speaker. Read more (opens new window)
MFP/ANA ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Congratulations to MFP alumna Dr. Kimethria Jackson on her appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center. Dr. Jackson’s dissertation focused on “Giving Voice: The Lived Experience of Financial Exploitation Among Older African Americans.”
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! (opens new window)
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 (opens new window).
The following may be of interest to you:
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): “Evolution of Mental Health Research.”
• Plant-Based Prevention of Disease Nutrition & Lifestyle Medicine Conferences
• 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.
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