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- Title
Capacity-Building for Career Paths in Public Health and Biomedical Research for Undergraduate Minority Students: A Jackson Heart Study Success Model.
- Authors
Brown White, Wendy; Srinivasan, Asoka; Nelson, Cheryl; Fahmy, Nimr; Henderson, Frances; White, Wendy Brown
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>This article chronicles the building of individual student capacity as well as faculty and institutional capacity, within the context of a population-based, longitudinal study of African Americans and cardiovascular disease. The purpose of this article is to present preliminary data documenting the results of this approach.<bold>Design: </bold>The JHS Scholars program is designed, under the organizational structure of the Natural Sciences Division at Tougaloo College, to provide solid preparation in quantitative skills through: good preparation in mathematics and the sciences; a high level of reading comprehension; hands-on learning experiences; and mentoring and counseling to sustain the motivation of the students to pursue further studies.<bold>Setting: </bold>This program is on the campus of a private Historically Black College in Mississippi.<bold>Participants: </bold>The participants in the program are undergraduate students.<bold>Main Outcome Measures: </bold>Data, which included information on major area of study, institution attended, degrees earned and position in the workforce, were analyzed using STATA 14.<bold>Results: </bold>Of 167 scholars, 46 are currently enrolled, while 118 have graduated. One half have completed graduate or professional programs, including; medicine, public health, pharmacy, nursing, and biomedical science; approximately one-fourth (25.4 %) are enrolled in graduate or professional programs; and nearly one tenth (9.3%) completed graduate degrees in law, education, business or English.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>These data could assist other institutions in understanding the career development process that helps underrepresented minority students in higher education to make career choices on a path toward public health, health professions, biomedical research, and related careers.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MEDICAL research; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; HEALTH of minority students; UNDERGRADUATES; PUBLIC health; MEDICAL sciences; HEALTH; BLACK people; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; COMPARATIVE studies; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; MINORITIES; ORGANIZATIONAL change; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; STUDENTS; VOCATIONAL guidance; EVALUATION research
- Publication
Ethnicity & Disease, 2016, Vol 26, Issue 3, p399
- ISSN
1049-510X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.18865/ed.26.3.399