Newest AHA poster focuses on culturally/racially aware language in mental health settings
![latino-behavioral-health](/sites/default/files/styles/900x400/public/2018-04/latino-behavioral-health.jpg?itok=v-numBZT)
The AHA has released its next People Matter, Words Matter poster, which can be downloaded, shared and hung in clinical, office or other care settings. The poster offers examples of language to use or avoid when discussing mental health treatment and diagnoses, and promotes cultural humility and stigma reduction. Click here for more posters and to learn more about the People Matter, Words Matter resource series. The AHA released additional resources for Minority Mental Health Awareness Month in July and continues to add resources on this important topic.
Related News Articles
Headline
Boston Medical Center is the winner of the AHA’s 2024 Foster G. McGaw Prize, which recognizes the efforts of hospitals and health systems to improve the health…
Headline
Mary Thompson — a member of AHA’s Committee on Behavioral Health and president of Trillium Place, a mental health and addiction recovery organization…
Blog
More than 16 years ago, the U.S. House of Representatives designated July as National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Inspired by the work of author…
Blog
Alicia GreshamCEO, Pennsylvania HospitalUniversity of Pennsylvania Health SystemPennsylvania Hospital is the first hospital in the nation, founded in 1751 by…
Headline
Joy Lewis, AHA senior vice president of health equity strategies and executive director of AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, shared the stage…
Headline
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…