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metropolitan areas, people of color already constitute the majority of the population, as is expected to be the case for the U.S. Whereas, health inequities are inextricably linked to racism and resulting economic and education inequities that psychologists may help to address (APA Working Group on Health Disparities in Boys and Men, 2018 FitzGerald & Hurst, 2017 Khazanchi et al., 2020 Salter et al., 2018) Kelly, PhD, ABPP, appointed a Presidential Task Force on Health Equity comprised of experts on the intersection of health equity and psychological science which compiled and analyzed the available scientific literature in order to make recommendations for psychological science, education and training, practice, public policy, and legislative advocacy, all of which informed this resolution Whereas, health disparities, described as preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health experienced by socially disadvantaged populations (CDC, 2017), provide ample evidence that people of color have not experienced the mental health or health equity that is central to improving their psychological health and well-being Whereas, health equity, defined as “the absence of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically” (World Health Organization, 2021), is an important foundation for advancing health services in psychology This resolution can provide a basis for similar actions focused on other identities and social characteristics.

APA considered simultaneously identifying a range of interrelated and intersectional variables (e.g., socioeconomic status, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, disability), and concluded that to do so would have the effect of diluting the clarity and focus of the resolution and its implementation, and that a staged approach was likely to be necessary. To advance health equity it is fundamentally necessary to implement broad steps related to addressing race/ethnicity and racism within our field. However, even in the context of intersectional identities, race/ethnicity carries disproportionate weight in determining health inequities. At the same time, APA recognizes that inequities are experienced through the intersection of multiple elements of identity, particularly those that are associated with limited political, social, and economic power.