评估美国环境卫生工作人员的多样性,公平性和包容性:挑战和机遇
Maurica D Bynum1, Gregory D Kearney, Stephanie B Jilcott Pitts
1Author Affiliations: Master of Public Health Program, Norfolk State University (part of the Joint School of Public Health at Old Dominion University and Norfolk State University), Norfolk, Virginia (Dr Bynum); East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Department of Public Health, East Carolina Heart Institute, Greenville, North Carolina (Drs Bynum, Kearney, and Jilcott Pitts); College of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina (Dr Greer); and East Carolina University, Center for Health Disparities, Greenville, North Carolina Dr (Imai).
环境健康差异仍然存在,黑人,土著和有色人种 (BIPOC) 在薪酬和就业安全方面面临不平等. 解决多样性,公平性和包容性 (DEI) 对公共卫生的有效性至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 劳动力研究 公共卫生 劳动力研究
- 环境健康 公平 公平
- 多样性,平等和包容 (DEI) 研究研究
背景情况:
- 环境卫生 (EH) 专业人员对社区健康至关重要,但劳动力缺乏多样性,可能会影响干预的有效性.
- 占主导地位的白人电子卫生工作人员可能无法充分服务于美国人口的多样化,这凸显了对文化能力的需求.
- 现有的劳动力人口结构可能会阻碍公平的公共卫生结果和社区信任.
研究的目的:
- 评估EH专业人员对其组织对多样性,公平和包容 (DEI) 的承诺的看法.
- 确定影响电子卫生工作人员对DEI看法的因素.
- 检查DEI认知与工作满意度,参与度和留守度之间的联系.
主要方法:
- 利用了2021年公共卫生工作人员兴趣和需求调查 (PH WINS) 的数据.
- 调查了137,447名公共卫生工作者,达到35%的响应率 (n=44,732).
- 雇员的利克特尺度问题评估了满意度,DEI意识,信心和组织的DEI有效性.
主要成果:
- 确定了显著的人口差异:BIPOC工人处于低薪,非永久性职位,而白人工人担任监督职位.
- 与白人同行相比,BIPOC工人报告说,他们的工资满意度和工作安全程度较低.
- 虽然DEI意识很高,但BIPOC员工认为组织对DEI的承诺较低,并且对解决健康公平问题表示更大的信心.
结论:
- 调查结果强调了需要有针对性的DEI培训,公平的政策和环境健康的包容性文化.
- 解决DEI差异对于改善公共卫生干预和结果至关重要.
- 建议进行纵向研究,以监测DEI的进展及其对公共卫生工作人员的影响.
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