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Download full textSantiago, Deborah A. – Excelencia in Education (NJ1), 2012
The population growth, labor force participation, and educational attainment of Latinos in the U.S. influence the composition of the current and future U.S. society, economy, and workforce. In 2012, the Latino population in the United States is the youngest and fastest growing ethnic group, with the highest level of labor force participation…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Health Occupations, Population Growth, Labor Force
Pike, Bill, Ed. – 1976
Designed to encourage Native American students in Colorado and New Mexico to pursue health careers, this handbook presents the following information: (1) statistics documenting the need for American Indian health professionals; (2) current career opportunities in the health professions (descriptions of the many health fields and descriptions of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, American Indians, Career Opportunities, Colleges
Direct linkScott, Michael – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2006
Efforts to expand diversity in the health professions has received a boost from a prominent member of Congress. U.S. Senator Bill Frist, R-Tennessee, recently introduced a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act as part of a comprehensive initiative to improve the health of minority and other underserved populations. This bill, which is being…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Employment Opportunities, Public Health
Leitka, Eugene – 1976
Data derived from student evaluations of two conferences on educational opportunities for American Indian youth are presented in this document. Evaluations derived from the first conference are analyzed in terms of the 10-item questionnaire and the 205 responses made by junior and senior high school students attending workshops on higher education…
Descriptors: American Indians, Conferences, Educational Opportunities, Grade 11
Peer reviewedAmbler, Marjane – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2005
Reports on the creation of a public health degree at Dine College in Shiprock, New Mexico, the first degree of its kind at a "tribal college". Review of the work of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium and the Centers for Disease Control, who developed the degree with the goal of increasing the number of American Indians in…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Health Promotion, Disease Control, Public Health
One Feather, Sandra – Winds of Change, 2003
The Navajo supervisor in the Office of Environmental Health in New Mexico identifies diseases and their risk factors, administers an injury prevention program, and ensures compliance with various health-related codes. She assists in the planning and direction of environmental health programs and public health education for local Navajo…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Disease Control
