Mental Health America (MHA )advocates for integrated mental health and substance care in schools and primary care, which reduce disparities in access to care. MHA also supports expanding access to a diverse workforce and to providers that are more likely to reflect their communities and address disparities and social drivers, such as doulas, peer support specialists, and community health workers. MHA also advocates for the workforce to be trained in cultural humility. MHA fights to reduce disparities in access to care, data collection, social drivers, and research. MHA collaborates with others to address disparities in maternal, perinatal, and early children outcomes with respect to other agencies that serve people with mental health and substance use conditions, such as housing, child welfare, and juvenile justice.
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