Sullivan Commission Summary
MISSING PERSONS:
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H E A LT H P R O F E S S I O N S
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S ULLIVAN C OMMISSION ON
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SULLIVAN COMMISSION
Contents
About the Sullivan Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Preface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Former
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole and former U.S. Congressman and Congressional
Health Subcommittee Chairman Paul Rogers serve as Honorary Co-Chairs. Established in
April 2003, the Sullivan Commission will make policy recommendations to bring about systemic change that will address the scarcity of minorities in our health professions.
The work of the Commission comes at a time when enrollment of racial and ethnic minorities in nursing, medicine, and dentistry has stagnated despite America’s growing diversity. While
African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and American Indians, as a group, constitute nearly
25 percent of the U.S. population, these three groups account for less than 9 percent of nurses,
6 percent of physicians, and only 5 percent of dentists. A study by the Institute of Medicine recommends increasing the number of minority health professionals as a key strategy to eliminate health disparities. Examining the education and training environment in which health professionals learn and develop is critical to efforts to increase the number of health care providers who can, and will, address the health care needs of our …show more content…
For support with key writing, research, review, and/or report production efforts, the Commission thanks Commissioner John Rich, M.D., John Sankofa, Lilian Liou, Cindy Sutherland, Barbara Lynch,
Nikia Sankofa, Samruddhi Thaker, Chad Roberts, Phillip Gonzalez of Community Catalyst, Bob
Rosseter of American Association of Colleges of Nursing, and Sonja Harrison of American Dental
Education Association.
The Commission also extends its appreciation to Paul DelPonte, Cecilia O. Arradaza, and other staff of Hyde Parke Communications, Washington, D.C., for their public relations and media communications expertise.
Finally, the Commission thanks the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The Commission was convened by
Duke University School of Medicine as part of the Kellogg Foundation’s national initiative, which includes the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and Community
MINORITIES IN THE
H E A LT H P R O F E S S I O N S
A R EPORT
D IVERSITY
OF THE
IN THE
S ULLIVAN C OMMISSION ON
H EALTHCARE W ORKFORCE
SC
THE
SULLIVAN COMMISSION
Contents
About the Sullivan Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Preface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter …show more content…
Former
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole and former U.S. Congressman and Congressional
Health Subcommittee Chairman Paul Rogers serve as Honorary Co-Chairs. Established in
April 2003, the Sullivan Commission will make policy recommendations to bring about systemic change that will address the scarcity of minorities in our health professions.
The work of the Commission comes at a time when enrollment of racial and ethnic minorities in nursing, medicine, and dentistry has stagnated despite America’s growing diversity. While
African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and American Indians, as a group, constitute nearly
25 percent of the U.S. population, these three groups account for less than 9 percent of nurses,
6 percent of physicians, and only 5 percent of dentists. A study by the Institute of Medicine recommends increasing the number of minority health professionals as a key strategy to eliminate health disparities. Examining the education and training environment in which health professionals learn and develop is critical to efforts to increase the number of health care providers who can, and will, address the health care needs of our …show more content…
For support with key writing, research, review, and/or report production efforts, the Commission thanks Commissioner John Rich, M.D., John Sankofa, Lilian Liou, Cindy Sutherland, Barbara Lynch,
Nikia Sankofa, Samruddhi Thaker, Chad Roberts, Phillip Gonzalez of Community Catalyst, Bob
Rosseter of American Association of Colleges of Nursing, and Sonja Harrison of American Dental
Education Association.
The Commission also extends its appreciation to Paul DelPonte, Cecilia O. Arradaza, and other staff of Hyde Parke Communications, Washington, D.C., for their public relations and media communications expertise.
Finally, the Commission thanks the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The Commission was convened by
Duke University School of Medicine as part of the Kellogg Foundation’s national initiative, which includes the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and Community