The NNED keeps you in the know on what’s happening in behavioral health in the U.S. and around the world. Our collection of articles from multiple sources cover important headlines, recent findings, proposal calls, and more.
Health Disparities Researchers Walk Beside, Not In Front of Diverse Hawaiian Communities
05/07/18
Dr. Marjorie Mau has served as lead principal investigator of the Center for Native and Pacific Health Disparities Research since 2002, when it was established with a National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) grant at the Uni …
How the Power of Partnerships Can Help Transform Communities and Advance Equity
05/04/18
As a child, the United States Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, suffered from asthma so severe that he spent months at a time in the hospital, even once being airlifted to a children’s hospital in Washington, D.C. During these stays, he was struck …
Study Shows Major Mental Healthcare Disparity Between Whites and Asian-Americans
05/02/18
One in five people suffer from some kind of mental health condition. That number is lower among Asian Americans — but it’s not because they are any less affected. A new study out this week shows a glaring disparity between whites and Asians when it com …
NNED Virtual Roundtable on the Impact of Opioids in Diverse Communities
04/30/18
On behalf of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), we invite you to participate in a Virtual Roundtable: Voices from the Field, the Impact of Opioid Addiction in Diverse Communities. This Roundtable will be convened t …
How Culturally-Centered Care Could Help Mothers and Babies
04/30/18
Each year in the United States, an estimated 700 to 900 women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related causes, while another 65,000 nearly die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s the highest rate of maternal mortality in …
Hawai’i has a “Diversified Culture”
04/26/18
The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) released a report recently, “Demographic, Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics for Selected Race Groups in Hawaii,” which shows the different lifestyles among the 14 top race …
Storytelling Mantras That Move Funders to Act: Advice to Nonprofits
04/24/18
The following was written by and from the perspective of Henry Berman on the Exponent Philanthropy Blog. I’ve come to think of myself as a storyteller. Not in the sense of a professional who can weave a tale, but rather someone who listens, observes, r …
We Are Wired to Be Outside
04/23/18
When we first see Elizabeth Bennett, in the 2005 film of Pride and Prejudice, she is walking through a field, surrounded by birdsong and trees. Nature, for Jane Austen’s heroines, is always a source of solace and inspiration. And as Florence Williams s …
How Creativity on Prescription Can Improve Mental and Physical Health
04/20/18
The idea of arts on prescription and social prescribing may seem like a new one, but it is actually more than 10 years since UK government policy first referenced linking patients with non-medical support in the community. In the past couple of years, …
9 Practical Tips from this Guy’s Therapist that He Actually Uses Every Day
04/19/18
The following was written by and from the perspective of Tom Vellner, a staff member at BuzzFeed. In my final therapy session before I would move from Boston to New York, and after eight months of hard work sorting through my anxiety, my therapist said …