Journal
PEDAGOGY IN HEALTH PROMOTION
Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 44S-50SPublisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/23733799211046973
Keywords
diversity; public health; health professionals; workforce training
Funding
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health and Health Equity under the CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program
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A diverse public health workforce is crucial for health promotion and eliminating health disparities. Academic institutions need to provide appropriate education and training to increase diversity in the field, thereby improving culturally competent care in vulnerable communities. Summer internship programs like the SPHSP at CUIMC aim to pipeline underrepresented students into graduate programs and careers by providing mentorship and professional development.
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.
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