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Opening Doors: A Program to Reduce Sociocultural Barriers to Health Care

December 1, 1998 | Program Result Report

One of the most significant changes affecting health care in the United States is the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the population.

Child Passenger Safety Behaviors in Latino Communities

May 1, 2006 | Journal Article

Although national data show that belt-positioning booster seats protect children four to eight years old from serious injury 59 percent better than seat belts alone, rates of booster seat use are low, particularly among Latino families. This study s ...

Shannon Wiegand, Minority Medical Education Program, 1989

July 27, 2011 | Story

Growing up in Alaska, she knew no female physicians, no Native American physicians and no physicians of color. "You don't know what you can do until you're exposed to the possibility," she says.

Valerie Cordero, Minority Medical Education Program, 1996

July 27, 2011 | Story

Just being in a medically oriented academic environment with people from a wide variety of backgrounds was valuable, Cordero says. "For me, it was like Wow - there are some Native Americans who are doctors."

University of Washington Summer Medical and Dental Education Program Seeks to Draw Native Americans to Medical and Dental School

January 31, 2006 | Program Result Report

The University of Washington conducts a free, six-week intensive summer academic enrichment program to help minority and disadvantaged college students compete successfully for admission to medical and dental school.

Betty S. Pace, MD

October 1, 2005 | Story

Pace added a second dimension to her career when she entered a fellowship training program in hematology/oncology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 1987.

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