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AHA podcast: Addressing Mental Health Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities 

Access to quality mental and physical health services can be a complex challenge, but for individuals of color and people with severe or chronic mental illnesses, finding treatment can be exceptionally hard.
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AHA podcast: Changing the Tide in Maternal Health Outcomes to Reduce Morbidity and Address Equity

Veronica Gillispie-Bell, M.D., OB-GYN at Ochsner Health, discusses successful strategies to reduce maternal morbidity after childbirth, and how these solutions should always start with equity at the forefront.
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AHA podcast: Culturally-sensitive Maternal Care for Indigenous Women 

In this conversation, Jennifer Richards, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Center for Indigenous Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Jennifer Crawford, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and assistant professor at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, discuss the perspectives needed to provide maternal care for Indigenous peoples and the importance of awareness of their cultural and spiritual practices.
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Hospitals, health systems win HHS postpartum care equity challenge

The Department of Health and Human Services Feb. 14 named several hospital and health system programs final phase winners in its national competition to improve equity in postpartum care for Black and American Indian/Alaska Native women enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
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HHS releases national suicide prevention strategy, plan

The Department of Health and Human Services and National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, a public-private partnership whose members include the AHA, April 23 released a national strategy and federal plan to prevent suicide over the next 10 years. The updated strategy includes a new pillar prioritizing equity for populations disproportionately impacted by suicide.
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AHA blog discusses the need to address minority mental health 

Rosalyn Carpenter and Paul Rains, R.N., write about the importance of fostering an inclusive environment to reduce stigma around behavioral health care for historically underserved communities.
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AHA blog: Reducing Barriers to Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment 

Mary Thompson — a member of AHA’s Committee on Behavioral Health and president of Trillium Place, a mental health and addiction recovery organization affiliated with Carle Health — explains how the Illinois-based organization works to integrate physical and behavioral health services to improve access to care among historically underrepresented communities and eliminate health disparities.
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AHA podcast: A Blueprint for Systemwide Care Transformation for Older Adults

Jon Zifferblatt, M.D., executive vice president and chief strategy officer at West Health, and Diane Wintz, M.D., critical care specialist and medical director of the Trauma Program at Sharp Memori
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Video shares how hospitals apply technology in their care delivery

In a video on the AHA’s Care Delivery Transformation Framework, hospital leaders from Rutgers Health/RWJ Barnabas Health and Yale New Haven Health System discuss strategies for using technology to enhance the patient and provider experience.
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AHA blog: AHA’s framework can help implement transformative care

A blog by Julia Resnick, AHA senior director of health outcomes and care transformation, discusses how the AHA’s Care Delivery Transformation Framework helps hospitals and health systems implement innovative care models.