Improving Behavioral Health Equity: Individuals with Black or African American Identities

Course overview

Behavioral health equity is the right to access high quality and affordable healthcare services and supports for all populations. Advancing health equity involves ensuring that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. This also applies to behavioral health. In conjunction with quality services, this involves addressing social determinants, such as employment and housing stability, insurance status, proximity to services, and culturally responsive care - all of which have an impact on behavioral health outcomes. Refer to the Relias Library for more courses related to behavioral health equity. The goal of this course is to provide education to addictions, behavioral health counseling, case and care management, marriage and family therapy, non-licensed direct care, psychology, and social work professionals working in health and human services settings around improving behavioral health equity for people who are Black or African American.