MC3 was born out of advocacy for women and children’s mental health after recognizing the disparity between care needed and care provided. Though much progress has been made on these issues, there is still so much work to be done within health care and beyond to close these gaps in care and achieve health equity for all.
As health care professionals and providers for children and parents, we are too often aware of the oppressive social determinants of health that lead to unjust, inequitable outcomes. These determinants could include a patient’s race or ethnicity, gender, education, income, sexual orientation, mental health, or physical and cognitive abilities. As part of MC3’s mission, we are determined to continuously disrupt and dismantle these systems of inequity and ensure quality mental health care is accessible to all those in need.
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