Health Equity

To Achieve Mental Health Equity, Dismantle Social Injustice

Abstract: Substance use disorders and other problems cannot be addressed from a position of willful ignorance about our society’s inequalities

Publication: Scientific American

Date Published: March 29, 2021

Author(s): Ruth S. Shim and Sarah Y. Vinson

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This analysis of California’s state budget from 2007 to 2018 finds that to ensure the long-term health of the state, California needs to eliminate health care waste and direct the savings toward increased funding for programs that improve community conditions—like public education, public health, housing assistance, food assistance, and income support.