 The role of historically black colleges and universities in training the health care workforceA. Noonan, I. Lindong and V.N. Jaitley American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 3, 412-415 Abstract: Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) continue to be overlooked as a resource to address health care workforce shortages and growing needs for a diverse health workforce, despite our commitment as a nation to health equity and eliminating health disparities. Health workforce graduation rates help illuminate the roles of institutions of higher education in meeting workforce needs. Effective approaches to eliminating disparities invest and leverage resources that address our healthworkforceanddiversity deficits. Wemust recognizeHBCUs as a valuable resource for educating underrepresented groups as health professionals. Increasingresources and enhancing support for building the capacity of HBCUs to produce health professionals is vital to addressing disparities and achieving health equity for our nation. Keywords: African American; article; education; health care manpower; health care personnel; health disparity; human; statistics; United States; university, African Americans; Health Manpower; Health Personnel; Health Status Disparities; Humans; United States; Universities (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2012.300726_4 Access Statistics for this article American Journal of Public Health is currently edited by Alfredo Morabia More articles in American Journal of Public Health from American Public Health Association |
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