title: The Health Resources and Services Administration diversity data collection.
abstract: The Health Resources and Services Administration maintains a strong emphasis on increasing the diversity of the health-care workforce through its grant programs. Increasing the diversity of the workforce is important for reducing health disparities in the population caused by socioeconomic, geographic, and race/ethnicity factors because evidence suggests that minority health professionals are more likely to serve in areas with a high proportion of underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups. The data show success in increasing the diversity of enrollees in five nursing programs.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Office of Performance Measurement, Rockville, MD ; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Divison of Nursing, Rockville, MD ; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, Rockville, MD ; Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: White
authors.affiliation: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Office of Performance Measurement, Rockville, MD.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zangaro
authors.affiliation: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Office of Performance Measurement, Rockville, MD.
authors.forename: Hayden O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Kepley
authors.affiliation: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Office of Performance Measurement, Rockville, MD.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Camacho
mesh_terms: D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005260:Female; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009729:Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011157:Population Dynamics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014488:United States Health Resources and Services Administration / Q000458:organization & administration*; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data