TY - JOUR
T1 - A Pipeline to Increase Public Health Diversity
T2 - Describing the Academic Enrichment Components of the Summer Public Health Scholars Program
AU - Joyner, Danielle M.
AU - Faris, Eman
AU - Hernández, Diana
AU - Moon Howard, Joyce
AU - Fullilove, Robert E.
AU - Cohn, Elizabeth G.
AU - Odlum, Michelle
AU - Mitchell, Dennis
AU - Hutcherson, Hilda
N1 - Funding Information:
This article is part of a Pedagogy in Health Promotion: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning supplement, “Preparing the Future Public Health Workforce: Contributions of the CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program,” which was supported by a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health and Health Equity to the Society for Public Health Education, entitled “Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health” (Contract Number 5 NU38OT000315-03-00). The views and findings expressed in this issue are those of the authors and are not meant to imply endorsement or reflect the views and policies of the U.S. government. The entire supplement issue is available open access at https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/phpa/7/1_suppl .
Funding Information:
We would like to acknowledge the numerous Summer Public Health Scholars who have graced our program since its inception. You all make the work we do worthwhile. We would also like to acknowledge our mentors, speakers, and CUIMC faculty for their tireless contributions to our program. The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The authors received financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health and Health Equity under the CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program.
Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The authors received financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health and Health Equity under the CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Society for Public.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - A public health workforce that reflects the increasing diversity of the U.S. population is critical for health promotion and to eliminate persistent health disparities. Academic institutions must provide appropriate education and training to increase diversity in public health professions to improve efforts to provide culturally competent care and programs in the most vulnerable communities. Reaching into the existing talent pool of diverse candidates at the undergraduate level is a promising avenue for building a pipeline to advanced training and professional careers in the field of public health. The Summer Public Health Scholars Program (SPHSP) at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) is a 10-week summer internship program with a mission to increase knowledge and interest in public health and biomedical sciences. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Undergraduate Public Health Summer Programs, sponsored by the CDC’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, SPHSP aims to pipeline underrepresented students into public health graduate programs and careers by providing mentorship, academic enrichment, professional development, and field-based placements. The SPHSP is uniquely positioned to offer scholars a program that exposes them to core public health training components through the joint effort of all four CUIMC schools: public health, dentistry, nursing, and medicine. Here, we describe the program’s academic enrichment components, which provide advanced and multifaceted public health training opportunities. We discuss the impacts of the program on student outcomes and lessons learned in developing and refining the program model.
AB - A public health workforce that reflects the increasing diversity of the U.S. population is critical for health promotion and to eliminate persistent health disparities. Academic institutions must provide appropriate education and training to increase diversity in public health professions to improve efforts to provide culturally competent care and programs in the most vulnerable communities. Reaching into the existing talent pool of diverse candidates at the undergraduate level is a promising avenue for building a pipeline to advanced training and professional careers in the field of public health. The Summer Public Health Scholars Program (SPHSP) at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) is a 10-week summer internship program with a mission to increase knowledge and interest in public health and biomedical sciences. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Undergraduate Public Health Summer Programs, sponsored by the CDC’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, SPHSP aims to pipeline underrepresented students into public health graduate programs and careers by providing mentorship, academic enrichment, professional development, and field-based placements. The SPHSP is uniquely positioned to offer scholars a program that exposes them to core public health training components through the joint effort of all four CUIMC schools: public health, dentistry, nursing, and medicine. Here, we describe the program’s academic enrichment components, which provide advanced and multifaceted public health training opportunities. We discuss the impacts of the program on student outcomes and lessons learned in developing and refining the program model.
KW - diversity
KW - health professionals
KW - public health
KW - workforce training
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U2 - 10.1177/23733799211046973
DO - 10.1177/23733799211046973
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85120679530
SN - 2373-3799
VL - 7
SP - 44S-50S
JO - Pedagogy in Health Promotion
JF - Pedagogy in Health Promotion
IS - 1_suppl
ER -