A Bicultural Community–Academic Partnership to Improve the Latina/o Physician Workforce in Washington State (2019

A Bicultural Community–Academic Partnership to Improve the Latina/o Physician Workforce in Washington State (2019–2021)

Published:2024-07 Issue:S6 Volume:114 Page:S467-S471
ISSN:0090-0036
Container-title:American Journal of Public Health
language:en
Short-container-title:Am J Public Health

Author:

Angulo Antoinette¹,Jimenez Nathalia¹,Gomez Megan¹,Ramirez Magaly¹,Ludwig-Barron Natasha¹,Morales Leo S.¹

Affiliation:

1. At the time of this work, Antoinette Angulo, Nathalia Jimenez, Megan Gomez, Natasha Ludwig-Barron, and Leo S. Morales were with the Latino Center for Health, University of Washington, Seattle. Nathalia Jimenez and Leo S. Morales were with the School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle. Magaly Ramirez and Natasha Ludwig-Barron were with the School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle.

Abstract

From July 2019 through April 2021, the Latino Center for Health, a bicultural population health research center at the University of Washington, partnered with community stakeholders to generate evidence to inform elected officials about the need to increase the diversity of the state’s physician workforce and ultimately improve Latina/o health in Washington state. Legislative efforts resulted in legislation creating goals for the state’s medical schools to admit students representative of the state’s population diversity and the creation of a new residency pathway for international medical graduates. ( Am J Public Health. 2024;114(S6):S467–S471. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307627 ) [Formula: see text]

Publisher

American Public Health Association

Link

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307627

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