title: African American administrators in community/migrant health centers.
abstract: Community and migrant health centers (CHC/MHCs) play a secondary role as avenues for the development of minority and women health care professionals, groups traditionally underrepresented in administrative and managerial positions within the health care system. This paper focuses on the role of CHC/MHCs in eliminating the barriers that typically limit the professional advancement of these groups. In a survey of both rural and urban CHC/MHC administrators, it was found that CHC/MHCs have higher percentages of minorities in top management positions than general management but do not necessarily reflect the minority composition of those being served. Of the CHC/MHC administrators, 20 percent were African American, less than the population served (31 percent) but greater than the percentage of African Americans in the general U.S. population (12 percent). This suggests that CHC/MHCs have partially met the original goal of upward mobility and that there is room for improvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Administration, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Glover
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Samuels
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002322:Career Mobility; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008489:Medical Indigency; D008875:Middle Aged; D011204:Poverty Areas; D011287:Prejudice; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013240:Stereotyping; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data