Document Type
Fact Sheet
Publication Date
8-2006
Abstract
Research on health disparities affecting people of color typically focuses on their health status, health treatment and health outcomes with a particular emphasis on the relatively high rates of morbidity and mortality from selected diseases for ethnic and racial minority groups. This fact sheet offers a different but related focus on gender and race/ethnicity in the health care workforce. Our rationale is that the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce concluded that the lack of minority doctors, nurses and dentists is a significant cause of racial/ethnic health disparities and that the ability to recruit, train and retain minority health care professionals is critical in any effort to reduce health disparities in the future.
Recommended Citation
Hardy-Fanta, Carol; Kates, Erika; Levine, Helen; and Peery-Wolf, Kate, "Minority Women in the Healthcare Workforce in New England" (2006). Publications from the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy. 5.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cwppp_pubs/5
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Comments
Fact Sheet. Boston: Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy, McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts Boston.