Study of Florida’s Healthcare Workforce Finds Underrepresentation of Hispanic and Black Populations
Research • 09/16/2024
Florida is one of the most diverse states in the nation, with 55% of those between the ages of 20 and 35 identifying as persons of color. This diversity, however, is not reflected in many healthcare fields or graduates of health professions programs in the state especially those requiring advanced education. Researchers found that in Florida’s current workforce, Hispanic individuals were underrepresented in 19 of 21 health professions reviewed. Among the graduates of programs training the future healthcare workforce, in…
Native American Health Equity
Research • 08/30/2024
Alec Calac (he/him/his) takes over as guest editor for the August edition of the Social Mission Alliance newsletter to teach us more about Native American health equity....
$50,000 Funding Award to Advance Health Equity through Nursing
Research • 01/17/2023
The George Washington University is among sixteen organizations to receive a Health Equity Innovation Fund award. The awards from the AARP Center for Health Equity through NursingSM and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)...
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Biomedical Workforce, and Advancing Health Disparities and Health Equity Research
Research • 12/02/2022
Racial equity, diversity, and inclusion are core to the issues of health workforce equity – how the health workforce addresses (or maintains) health disparities. We commend the NIH for seeking to act in this important area....
Toward Graduate Medical Education (GME) Accountability
Research • 12/02/2022
Research Measuring the Outcomes of GME Institutions...
Estimation and Comparison of Current and Future Racial/Ethnic Representation in the US Health Care Workforce
Research • 12/02/2022
Are Black, Hispanic, and Native American (ie, American Indian or Alaska Native) populations underrepresented in the health care professions in the US, and does the educational pipeline show greater representation of these groups in the future health care workforce?...
Lessons Learned from Workforce Diversity Tracker for Global Health
Research • 12/01/2022
Through data collection and analysis, the Diversity Tracker can motivate and encourage professions, states, and schools to do more to address the underrepresentation of population groups among health professions....
Analysis of Social Mission Commitment at Dental, Medical, and Nursing Schools in the US
Research • 12/01/2022
What is the current state of social mission commitment in US dental, medical, and nursing schools, and how does social mission performance compare across school types?...
The Social Mission of Medical Education: Ranking the Schools
Research • 11/09/2022
The authors developed an analytic method to assess a medical school’s performance in training physicians to care for the population as a whole, taking into account issues of primary care, underserved areas, and workforce diversity....
Looking Backwards to Move Forward: Using a Social Mission Lens in Nursing Education
Research • 11/07/2022
Nursing schools have been called upon to advocating for reducing health inequities....
Champion Spotlight
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