Changing the face of nursing: Reducing ethnic and racial disparities in health

Family and Community Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-14

  Degazon, Cynthia E ^a   Mancha, Crystal ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)   (United States)

Author keywords

academic barriers; health disparities; minorities; retention strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TEACHER; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW YORK CITY; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REMEDIAL TEACHING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENTS, NURSING; TRAINING SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83155190270     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3182385cf6     Document Type: Article

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