The National Council acknowledges that many of our country’s institutions were founded upon and continue to perpetuate systemic racism. Our health care system is no exception. It is rife with less obvious but deeply insidious examples of these inequities. We know that eliminating disparities will improve individual and community health,…
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Addressing Health Equity and Racial Justice
Jan 31, 2023
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Public Safety-led Community-oriented Overdose Prevention Efforts (PS-COPE)
Dec 16, 2022
The PS-COPE Toolkit is a new approach to overdose prevention and response for Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) communities.
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Suicide in U.S. Black and African American Communities
Nov 22, 2022
The National Council for Mental Wellbeing is one of the leading voices ensuring access tohigh quality mental health and substance use services for all. We recognize that eliminatingdisparities and promoting health equity is central to achieving this goal. To that end, we partneredwith the newly established African American Behavioral…
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View from the Field: Recruitment and Retention of African American Men in the Mental Health and Substance Use Workforce
Dec 20, 2022
The need for more African American male professionals within the mental health and substance use field is clear.
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