Health Professions Partnership Initiative
September 9, 2009 | Program Result
The Health Professions Partnership Initiative was designed to enhance the academic preparation of minority students and nurture their interest in health careers.
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The Health Professions Partnership Initiative and Working Toward Diversity in the Health Care Workforce
June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
This introduction, written as a forward to a supplement on improving diversity in the health professions, summarizes some of the history of the Health Professions Partnership Initiative (HPPI), and reiterates the pressing need to increase representa ...
Health Professions Partnership Initiative
National Program
Program, co-sponsored with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to address long-standing under-representation in the health professions of certain racial/ethnic groups, especially African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans.
Four Universities Adopt Bachelors in Health Sciences Model Program from State University of New York at Stony Brook
October 31, 2008 | Program Result
SUNY Stony Brook prepared materials about their health science bachelor's degree program model, disseminated them to other academic health centers and provided technical assistance to centers interested in adopting the model.
The State of Diversity in the Health Professions a Century After Flexner
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Much must be changed to increase diversity in health care professions, including education, career support, how we value professionals who provide direct care, and even arguments for why society needs diversity among professionals, according to a prominent advocacy organization.
Alliances Between Academic Health Centers and Historically Black Colleges and Universities Address Disparities
October 22, 2010 | Program Result
The Sullivan Alliance to Transform the Health Professions fostered formal relationships between historically Black colleges and universities and health professions schools with few minority students.
Promoting Minority Access to Health Careers Through Health Profession-Public School Partnerships
June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The authors performed a literature review to identify and evaluate successful strategies to form partnerships between public schools and universities in order to increase minority representation in health fields. They identified key differences in " ...