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Black Youth Mental Health: Understanding and Being Culturally Responsive to Promote Homeplace and Black Joy

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And in a research study among the youngest children — ages 5-12 — Black youth were approximately two times more likely to die by suicide than their White counterparts. In-service Practitioners Engage in practices that center Black youth voice. The Journal of Staff Development , 42 (4), 40–44. link] Weaver, S.