Addressing Health Care Disparities and Increasing Workforce Diversity: The Next Step for the Dental, Medical, and Public Health Professions

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dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Dennis A.
dc.contributor.authorLassiter, Shana L.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:20Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:20Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractThe racial/ethnic composition of our nation is projected to change drastically in the coming decades. It is therefore important that the health professions improve their efforts to provide culturally competent care to all patients. We reviewed literature concerning health care disparities and workforce diversity issues—particularly within the oral health field— and provide a synthesis of recommendations to address these issues. This review is highly relevant to both the medical and public health professions, because they are facing similar disparity and workforce issues. In addition, the recent establishment of relationships between oral health and certain systemic health conditions will elevate oral health promotion and disease prevention as important points of intervention in the quest to improve our nation’s public health.
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2005.082818
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/atus-mqgz
dc.identifier.citationMitchell, Dennis A. and Lassiter, Shana L. (2006) Addressing Health Care Disparities and Increasing Workforce Diversity: The Next Step for the Dental, Medical, and Public Health Professions. American Journal of Public Health, 96 (12). pp. 2093-2097.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 1014
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22970
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectculturally competent care
dc.subjecthealth care disparities
dc.subjectworkforce diversity
dc.subjectoral health promotion
dc.titleAddressing Health Care Disparities and Increasing Workforce Diversity: The Next Step for the Dental, Medical, and Public Health Professions
dc.typeArticle

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