Increasing Equity in Pain Management, Substance Use Disorder Treatment, and Linkages to CARE

❚ People who have experienced violence and other types of trauma ❚ People who have opioid use disorder (OUD) and/or other substance use disorders (SUDs), or a history of SUDs Further reading and exploration To gain a deeper awareness and understanding of health disparities and health equity, care teams can engage in further reading and exploration of these topics. In this section, you will find resources that: ❚ Define health disparities and health equity ❚ Explain the root causes of health disparities ❚ Clarify how addressing health disparities can contribute to the health and wellbeing of all communities ❚ Review recent governmental goals and policies that have been implemented to decrease health disparities Health Disparities and Health Equity Addressing Health Equity and Racial Justice within Integrated Care Settings. National Council for Mental Wellbeing and Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions Advancing Health Equity. The Joint Commission Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity. The National Academies Press Disparities in Health and Health Care: 5 Key Questions and Answers. Kaiser Family Foundation Foundations of Health Equity Self-Guided Training Plan. CDC Health Equity Curricular Toolkit. American Academy of Family Physicians Health Equity Grand Rounds. American Medical Association Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication. CDC Health Equity in Healthy People 2030. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Publications from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health U.S. Health Map. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation RESOURCES

Eboni Winford lists the reasons why it is important for health centers to be mindful of racial and ethnic disparities.

ONE THING YOU CAN DO TODAY

Visit the interactive map from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation to see a visualization of disparities in mortality and life expectancy by race/ ethnicity, age, and sex in your county.

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