DEI Resources
Students, Faculty, & Staff Resources
The purpose of this page is to create a campus culture that celebrates diversity, equity, and inclusion. This site offers WesternU students, faculty, and staff educational and mental health resources to promote cultural competency and a sense of belonging within our community. Through educational resources, we aim to enhance the community’s understanding of diversity and inclusion issues and create opportunities for difficult discussions on the disparities in healthcare. Mental health resources will also be provided to cultivate a safe space within our University and increase the availability of support services. Resources available include journal articles, webinars, podcasts, mobile applications, and more.
MOBILE APPS
WEBSITES
- American Nurses Foundation
- Trusted: Resources for Mental Health & Emotional Support
- NAMI: Identity and Cultural Dimensions
- Therapy for Black Girls
- TherapyForBlackMen.org
- Changing Tides
- National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
- Asian Mental Health Collective
- Latinx Therapy
- American Psychiatric Association: Working with Latino/a and Hispanic Patients
- Mental Health America: Native And Indigenous Communities And Mental Health
- American Psychiatric Association: Working With Indigenous/Native American Patients
- Institute for Muslim Mental Health
- American Psychiatric Association: Working With Muslim Patients
- Mental Health America: LGBTQ+ Communities And Mental Health
- California LGBTQ Health and Human Services Network: #Out4MentalHealth
- Inclusive Work and Learning Environments
- Hospitalization and Mortality Among Black and White COVID-19 Patients
- Diversity Leadership from the Inside Out
- Improving Native American elder access to and use of health care through effective health system navigation
- White dominance in nursing education: A target for anti-racist efforts
- Dismantling racism in education: In 2020 the year fo the nurse & midwife, “It’s time.”
- Implicit bias in healthcare professionals: a systematic review
- Addressing bias and reducing discrimination: The professional responsibility of health care providers
- Implicit bias in health professions: From recognition to transformation
- Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in COVID-19: Emerging Disparities Amid Discrimination
CULTURAL COMPETENCE
- 5 Ways to Improve Cultural Competence in Nursing Care
- Cultivating an inclusive environment in healthcare
- 7 Steps to become a more culturally sensitive nurse
- Project Implicit
- Disparities | Healthy People 2020
CARING FOR MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS
- Racism and discrimination in healthcare: Providers and patients
- Implicit Bias and Racial Disparities in Health Care
- A reckoning for health care professionals: Should they be activists too?
- LGBT Competency Curricula
- LGBTQ Pocket Reference
- The Future of LGBTQ Healthcare is Here
- LGBTQ+ Care: Filling the Educational Gap
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health
- Tribal Resource Center
- Indian Health Service Resources
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
act.tv: Systemic Racism Explained- TED Talks: An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter | Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi
- NPR: Black History Month Podcast Playlist
- RadioRev: Healthcare Podcasts for Change Makers
- Osmosis in Conversation, Part 2: A Current Look at Racism in Academic Medicine
- Kaplan Racial Inequality in Medicine Webinar Series
- Beyond the White Coat
- ENA Podcast: Stigmas in LGBTQ Care
- AsianBossGirl Podcast: #StopAsianHate with Tammy Cho & Michelle Hanabusa, Co-founders of Hate is A Virus
act.tv: Systemic Racism Explained- Culturally Competent Nursing Care: A Cornerstone of Caring
- COVID-19 Implications for admissions and the stability of holistic admissions
- Addressing the Mental Health Burden Imposed by COVID-19
- Leading the Care of Vulnerable & Marginalized Populations
- LGBTQ: Cultural Competent Care Considerations Nursing CE Course
