Supports information sharing, training, and technical assistance towards the goal of promoting behavioral health equity via a network of community-based organizations focused on the mental health and substance use issues of diverse racial and ethnic communities.
Implements change strategies within mental health and substance use disorder treatment systems to address disparities effecting LGBTQ+ people across all stages of life through T/TA and coaching.
Engages, empowers, and educates health care providers and community-based organizations for equity in behavioral health for older adults and their families.
Illicit drug use disorders are the most stigmatised health conditions worldwide, and stigma acts as a meaningful barrier to treatment entry and treatment provision. In the context of dramatically rising opioid-related harms, it is critical that we understand the drivers of stigma and how it affects opioid use disorder treatment and policy. The aim of this narrative review is to discuss how opioid-related stigma impacts treatment provision and harm reduction, and provide potential strategies to reduce stigma at a social and structural level.
Guerrero, E. G., Garner, B. R., Cook, B., & Kong, Y. (2017). Does the implementation of evidence-based and culturally competent practices reduce disparities in addiction treatment outcomes? Addictive Behaviors, 73, 119–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.05.006
This toolkit is designed to help guide partnerships, collaboratives, agencies, and community initiatives seeking to center racial equity while using, sharing, and integrating administrative data.
AISP’s Equity in Practice Learning Community is designed to help data sharing efforts implement and build on the promising practices identified in the Toolkit for Centering Racial Equity in Data Integration.