记录美国卫生工作人员中拉丁裔代表的情况
Indira Ghandi Islas1, Erin Brantley2, Maria Portela Martinez3
1Indira Ghandi Islas (islas_indira@gwmail.gwu.edu), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Washington, D.C.
Health affairs (Project Hope)
|July 5, 2023
概括
拉丁裔在卫生工作人员中的代表性因子人口和教育水平而异. 墨西哥裔美国人在高级学位职位中代表性不足,而所有拉丁裔群体在低教育职业中代表性过高.
科学领域:
- 医疗卫生工作人员多样性多样性
- 健康 公平 研究 健康 公平 研究
- 卫生社会学 卫生社会学
背景情况:
- 了解卫生工作人员中不同人群的代表性对于解决健康差异至关重要.
- 之前的研究表明,某些少数群体在医疗保健专业中的代表性不足.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较四个最大的拉丁裔亚人口群体在卫生工作人员中的代表性,与他们一般的美国劳动力代表性相比.
- 确定拉丁裔子组在卫生部门中代表性不足和代表性过高的特定领域.
主要方法:
- 分析2016-2020年数据,比较美国卫生工作人员中的拉丁裔子组代表性与美国整体劳动力.
- 基于所需的教育程度 (高级学位与不到学士学位) 的卫生专业的分类.
主要成果:
- 墨西哥裔美国人被发现是需要高级学位的卫生专业中最不代表的拉丁裔子群体.
- 所有分析的拉丁裔子组都在需要不到学士学位的卫生职业中过度代表.
- 在最近的健康专业毕业生中,拉丁裔的总体代表性显示出随着时间的推移的积极增长趋势.
结论:
- 在不同级别的卫生工作人员中,拉丁裔代表存在显著的差异.
- 可能需要有针对性的干预措施来改善先进卫生专业中墨西哥裔美国人的代表性.
- 最近的毕业生越来越多的趋势表明,未来在拉丁裔卫生工作人员的多样性方面可能会有所改善.
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