See List of Supporting Research, References, and Slide Deck.

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  • AAKOMA (African-American Knowledge Optimized for Mindfully Healthy Adolescents), https://aakomaproject.org/somhyoc-resources/ State of Mental Health of Youth and Young Adults of Color, June 2025 Report
  • GCxAAWI_minideck_.pdf(Media Campaign Arnold Worldwide/Havas Health)
  • https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2022/05/31/reducing-the-economic-burden-of-unmet-mental-health-needs/
  • https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/shs/tables.htm Center for Disease Control - African American Young Adults
  • https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/news/addressing-mental-health-black-community Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, Addressing Mental Health in the Black Community, February 8, 2019
  • https://www.nami.org/Your-Journey/Identity-and-Cultural-Dimensions/Hispanic-Latinx
  • https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/features/minority-mental-health/index.html Mental Health Stigmas in Black and Brown Communities
  • https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/features/minority-mental-health/index.html
  • https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/sma13-4763.pdf2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service, “The Toolkit for Community Conversations About Mental Health”
  • https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/news/addressing-mental-health-black-community
  • https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2022/05/31/reducing-the-economic-burden-of-unmet-mental-health-needs/
  • “All immigrants — even if they have legal status — can face deportation if they’re accused of serious crimes like murder, domestic violence, drunk driving, sexual assault, or murder. Congress is now considering a bill that would let officials deport immigrants for less serious crimes like shoplifting.” https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/17/texas-mass-deportations-trump/
  • Partners

  • Boys and Girls Club of America https://www.bgca.org/news-stories/2022/March/the-state-of-youth-mental-health/
  • Good Sheppard https://gscommunitycare.org/
  • Strong Minds https://strongminds.org/
  • Parent Management Training https://rehabilitationpsychologist.org/resources/Parent%20Management%20Training.pdf
  • On Edge Mental Health Young Adults Harvard School Education 2023 Report https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/reports/on-edge
  • Meet Dr. Augustus A. White III

  • American Orthopedic Association. 2007 Distinguished Clinician Educator Awardee, Augustus White biography, https://www.aoassn.org/aoaimis/AOANEW/Fellowships%20and%20Awards/Clinician_Educator_Hall_of_Fame/White.aspx
  • Brown University. Augustus A. White III (Class of 1957) documents relating to his career as a surgeon during the Vietnam War. Retrieved from https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/collections/id_709/
  • Center for the History of Medicine, Countway Library. (2014). Oral history and a transcript for an interview with Augustus White. Perspectives of Change. Retrieved from https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/collections/id_709/
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  • White, A. A., 3rd, & Stubblefield-Tave, B. (2017). Some advice for physicians and other clinicians treating minorities, women, and other patients at risk of receiving healthcare disparities. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 4(3), 472–479. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-016-0248-6
  • White, A. A., (2011). Seeing patients: Unconscious bias in healthcare. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press
  • Related Diversity, Health and Healthcare Data, and Infographics

  • American Association of Medical Colleges, Diversity in medicine: Facts and figures 2019, Retrieved from https://www.aamc.org/data-reports/workforce/report/diversity-medicine-facts-and-figures-2019
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  • American Hospital Association (2014). Hospitals making progress in healthcare disparities. Retrieved from : https://www.aha.org/system/files/hpoe/Reports-HPOE/EoC_Infographic_FINAL.pdf
  • American Association of Medical Colleges, Diversity in medicine: Facts and figures 2019, Retrieved from https://www.aamc.org/
  • Artiga, S., Orgera, K., & Pham, O. (Mar. 4, 2020). Disparities in health and healthcare: Five key questions and answers. Kaiser Family Foundation. Retrieved from https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/disparities-in-health-and-health-care-five-key-questions-and-answers/
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (July 24, 2020). Health equity considerations and racial and ethnic minority groups. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/racial-ethnic-minorities.html
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019). NCHHSTP social determinants of health. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/socialdeterminants/index.html
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018). Reaching for health equity. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/features/reduce-health-disparities/index.html
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016). Strategies for reducing health disparities. selected CDC-sponsored interventions, United States, 2016. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/strategies2016/index.html
  • Cohen, J.J., Gabriel, B.A., & Terrell, C. (2002). The case for diversity in the healthcare workforce. Health Affairs, (22)5: 90-102. Diversity, Health and Healthcare Data, and Infographics (cont.)
  • Ilaqua, Joan. Augustus A. White III, PhD, MD (first Black chair at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center). Perspectives of change - the story of civil rights, diversity, inclusion and access to education at HMS and HSDM. Retrieved from https://perspectivesofchange.hms.harvard.edu/node/71
  • United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Healthy people 2020. Disparities. Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Disparities
  • United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2010). Health people 2020 brochure. Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov/sites/default/files/HP2020_brochure_with_LHI_508_FNL.pdf
  • Health Promotion. Healthy people 2020. Disparities. Retrieved from https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Disparities