A growing number of people in the United States report mental illness and substance misuse. Behavioral health disparities combined with workforce shortages demand nuanced solutions for training initiatives. Graduate programs at HBCUs are positioned to create career awareness and prepare diverse and culturally competent students, including those with invisible disabilities.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
Learn strategies HBCU graduate behavioral health programs are using to address mental health and substance misuse workforce shortage.
Define intersectional analysis as a method for analyzing document data (specifically a diversity impact statement that includes a continuous quality improvement plan).
Describe solutions for expanding diversity in HBCU graduate behavioral health programs to increase the number of disparity-vulnerable students prepared to enter the workforce.
