This Month: National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month | July 2022

Dear Friend of Roadmap,

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is observed in July to bring awareness to the unique emotional health struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face in the United States, and during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The Roadmap Project joins The Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services this month to promote tools and resources that raise awareness and help address emotional health among minority populations.

Below are Actions We Can All Take to Continue Making a Difference:

Explore: Helpful Links from

The Office of Minority Health

Roadmap encourages you to amplify this message and educate yourself, as well as your co-workers, affiliated organizations, friends, family, and community about the need to address emotional health among all patients and families. Every visit. Every time.

Minority Health Disparities

Resources and Publications

Explore More on the OMH Website

Watch: The Impact of Being Black on Living with a Chronic Condition

Roadmap also provides a variety of tools & resources on its website to help us all continue making a positive impact on the emotional health of patients and families with chronic conditions.

This video, "The Impact of Being Black on Living with a Chronic Condition," highlights a discussion hosted by Roadmap among a panel of three Black parents and a young Black adult. Watch as these individuals share their lived experience of being Black, having a chronic condition, and interacting with the healthcare system.

Click Here to Watch the Video and Raise Your Awareness of Minority Mental Health Struggles

Thank You,

The Roadmap Project

[email protected]

www.roadmapforemotionalhealth.org

The Roadmap Project is made possible with support from the American Board of Pediatrics Foundation and the David R. Clare and Margaret C. Clare Foundation.