Embracing Equity- What does inclusion mean for mental health professionals?
Duration: 31 mins
DOI: 10.13056/acamh.23077
Description
International Women’s Day 2023 has chosen the theme ‘Embrace Equity’. In this ‘In Conversation’ podcast, ACAMH Young Person Ambassador Clara Faria is joined by Dr. Yasmin Ahmadzadeh and Dr. Eunice Ayodeji to celebrate women’s achievements in child and adolescent mental health, as well as explore how we can challenge gender stereotypes, call out discrimination, draw attention to bias, and seek out inclusion.
Learning Objectives
1. What does embracing equity mean?
2. How CAMH researchers and clinicians can actively support and embrace equity in their own sphere of influence.
3. How CAMH professionals can embrace equity when it comes to patients.
4. What important strides have already been made to embrace equity.
5. How we can challenge organisational and cultural barriers.
6. Advice on what best supports young women to pursue careers in child and adolescent mental health.
7. Recommendations on how we, as a society, can embrace equity in research, work, and our everyday to work collectively to impact positive change.
