通过尊重包容推进牙科:关注种族不平等问题
Eleanor Fleming1, Herminio L Perez2
1University of Maryland School of Dentistry, 650 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-1586, USA.
Dental clinics of North America
|November 27, 2024
概括
牙科与多样性作斗争,因为美国印第安人/阿拉斯加土著,西班牙裔和黑人个体的代表性仍然很低. 实现口腔健康公平需要在牙科教育和劳动力中进行有意的包容性努力.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 牙科教育 牙科教育
- 健康 公平 卫生 公平
背景情况:
- 牙科专业在增加多样性方面面临着持续的挑战,特别是代表性不足的少数群体.
- 尽管对人文环境的认证标准,牙科学校可能缺乏包容的气候,不同的患者,学生,工作人员和教师.
- 美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民,西班牙裔和黑人个人在牙科中的代表性没有显著增长.
研究的目的:
- 为了突出牙科持续缺乏多样性的现状.
- 检查牙科学校环境对少数群体的包容性.
- 倡导有意的策略来推进口腔健康公平.
主要方法:
- 这项研究是对目前牙科教育和实践中多样性和包容性状况的定性审查.
- 对牙科领域不同人口群体的代表性数据的分析.
- 评估牙科学校气候的功能包容性.
主要成果:
- 关键少数群体的代表,包括美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民,西班牙裔和黑人,在牙科领域停滞不前.
- 牙科学校的环境可能不具有功能包容性,影响所有利益相关者.
- 人文环境的认证标准与包容性的现实之间存在差距.
结论:
- 推进口腔健康公平需要在牙科教育中进行有意识和专注的努力.
- 在促进多样性和包容性的战略中,必须考虑整个牙科工作人员.
- 有意的干预对于克服牙科多样性的现有障碍至关重要.
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