Step 2 Resources

In the Supporting Trans and Non-binary People’s Resilience in Health care Settings: TRANSnetwork webinar (64 minutes), the authors delineate the common barriers to health care experienced by the trans and non-binary (TNB) communities, coping strategies that lead to resilience within these communities and specific actions that health care practitioners can take toward advocating and disrupting cis-normative oppressive systems within health care settings. The learning objectives for this webinar include:

• Describe the barriers to service commonly experienced by TNB communities.
• Describe how intersecting systems of oppression disproportionately impact TNB Black, Indigenous and people of color in health care access.
• Describe specific factors facilitating the resilience of TNB people in the face of oppression within health care settings
• Describe specific actions you can take to facilitate the resilience of TNB people in the face of oppressive health care settings.

The Health Disparities Podcast from Movement is Life is filled with conversations about health disparities and the people working to eliminate them.

Here are some of their most recent podcast episodes:

• Physical Therapy: Uniquely Positioned to Help Address Chronic Conditions and Health Disparities (42 minutes)
• Latinx Clinical Research Inclusion: How Dr. Fabian Sandoval and Dr. Gustavo Corrales Teamed up to Move the Needle (35 minutes)
• Understanding Mistrust of Flu and COVID-19 Vaccines, featuring Dr. Sandra Crouse Quinn (42 minutes)
• Freda’s Story: Freda Needed Accountability to Help Decrease Her Pain and Reduce Her A1C. Being Part of a Team was the Key (35 minutes)
• Laura’s Story: How Emotional Connection in a Safe Space Helped Address Her Depression (33 minutes)
• Delivering Trusted and Patient-centered Public Health Information is Essential to the Promotion of Wellness in Latinx Communities. Featuring Dr. Elena Rios (35 minutes)
• Maryland’s successful Health Enterprise Zones Previously Led by Congressman Brown Considered for National Adoption (24 minutes)
• Uncomfortable Truths, Inspiring Perspectives: A Round Table Discussion on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with Young Health Professionals. (76 minutes)
• America Needs More Minority Doctors and Nurses: Why and How. Featuring Dr. Melvyn Harrington. (23 minutes)

The Culture of Health Blog, Home Is Where Our Health Is by Jessica Mark and Najaf Ahmad address housing stability, equity and health as it affects how long and how well we live.

This blog addresses the following topics:

• Safe, affordable housing
• Housing costs can undermine health
• Housing discrimination
• Ending discriminatory housing policies
• Working toward solutions

The Steve Fund provides a full report, Ring the Alarm on the crisis of Black youth suicide in America encouraging immediate action to raise awareness in communities of color and make resources available. They also have additional resources for families and professionals.

The William T. Grant Foundation report, Disparities in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Mental Health Services in the U.S. by Margarita Alegría; Jennifer Greif, Ph.D.; Katie McLaughlin, Ph.D.; and Stephen Loder, BA, describes four mechanisms responsible for disparities in mental health outcomes among children and adolescents of color who are transitioning into adulthood. The topics addressed include:

• Socio-economic status
• Childhood adversities
• Family structure across development
• Neighborhood level factors

Youth.gov explores Disparities and Resiliency in Adolescent Health, including:

• Toxic stress and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
• Resilience to toxic stress and ACEs
• Socioeconomic status and neighborhoods
• Resiliency in neighborhoods
• Marginalized youth and health disparities
• Resiliency in marginalized youth

The American Psychological Association provides the Health Disparities and Stress Fact Sheet that discusses the following topics in greater depth:

• Types of stress
• How stress affects health
• The role of chronic stressors in health disparities among different racial and ethnic groups
• Acculturative stress
• Socioeconomic, daily and family stress

Given the rise in home-based violence, the American Psychological Association has collaborated with other psychological associations across the world to create an evidence-based, action-oriented, multi-language resource that has been translated into 19 languages, World’s Psychological Associations Unite Against Home-based Violence During COVID-19.