Presidential Initiative on Psychology and Health Equity

As Americans, some of us have access to high-quality, advanced health and mental health services, but not everyone shares equitably in our society’s resources. We continue to witness the inequitable distribution of wellness and good health, for instance, the differential impact of the coronavirus pandemic on marginalized communities. We know that if we are going to see significant advancements in achieving health equity, we must leverage the power of psychology, both in developing knowledge and delivering multifaceted interventions to have a meaningful impact on people’s lives and to effect change at a population level. APA is committed to ensuring that psychologists are at the forefront of solving these critical and complex social issues. In 2020, APA President Jennifer F. Kelly, PhD, ABPP appointed the APA Presidential Task Force on Psychology and Health Equity.

• Achieving health equity
  APA’s presidential task force will look at new ways to reduce health disparities.
• Presidential Statement: APA 2021 president's Health Equity Initiative
  Task force to produce report on psychology’s role in advancing health equity.
• Ad Hoc Committee on Health Equity
  The Ad Hoc Committee on Health Equity is to advance health equity and reduce disparities, with a particular focus on addressing the systems, policies, regulations, and institutions that promote and maintain inequities and the resulting adverse health conditions and outcomes among marginalized communities and populations.