How Past is Our Past? Unpacking and Mitigating the Impact of Structural Racism on Substance Use
Part 2: How Should We Care About the Impact of Structural Racism on Substance Use?
Anam Siddiqi, MPH

May 22, 2023, 1:00pm-2:30pm EST

COURSE DESCRIPTION

As the nation moves more towards value-based care, it’s critical that public health officials, clinicians, behavioral health specialists, and other healthcare providers understand how to identify, prevent, and treat populations that have experienced structural racism. In Part 2 of the two-part webinar series, How Past is our Past? Unpacking and Mitigating the Impact of Structural Racism on Substance Use, we’ll examine racism as a seventh social determinant of health and how we, as healthcare providers, can prevent and treat substance use prevention.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Recognize how structural racism can manifest in the behavioral health setting.
• Develop tactics on how to prevent and treat substance use, as well as promote healthy coping mechanisms.
• List the risk and protective factors of substance use as it relates to structural racism.
• Understand how to implement and promote health equity, as well as how to keep developing their skills in the field.

PRESENTERS

Anam Siddiqi, MPH is a Research Program Manager at The Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care. Ms. Siddiqi received her MPH in Health Policy Analysis and Evaluation from the University of Maryland. Her interests include reducing health disparities, advancing healthcare systems, and promoting community collaboration to improve health.