Diversifying the academic public health workforce: strategies to extend the discourse about limited racial and ethnic diversity in the public health academy.
While public health has gained increased attention and placement on the national health agenda, little progress has been made in achieving a critical mass of underrepresented minority (URM) academicians in the public health workforce. In 2008, a telephone-based qualitative assessment was conducted with URM faculty of schools of public health to discuss this issue. As a result, we present successful strategies that institutional leaders can employ to extend the discourse about addressing limited diversity in the public health academy.
Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Columbia 29208, USA. Lannang@sc.edu
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