Purpose Despite a demographic surge in US minority children, pediatric workforce diversity
has failed to keep pace. The study aim was to evaluate the Research in Academic Pediatrics …

The purpose of this scoping review is to determine trends in racial and ethnic representation,
identify barriers and facilitators to greater diversity, and assess strategies and interventions …

Abstract Background Although Latinos, African-Americans, and American Indians/Alaska
Natives comprise 34% of Americans, these under-represented minorities (URMs) account …

This article describes a program aimed to increase workforce diversity and
underrepresented minority (URM) representation in academic pediatric medicine. The New …

Background: Underrepresented voices and perspectives are missing from academic and
clinical health sciences. We aimed to define the unique opportunities and challenges of …

Background The number of racial/ethnic minority children will exceed the number of white
children in the USA by 2018. Although 38% of Americans are minorities, only 12% of …

Medicine in the United States has been hampered by a lack of diversity for centuries. Over
the past few decades, greater attention and efforts have been focused on tackling this …

Academic pediatrics has notkept pace with the changing demographics in the United States
population and the children and families we serve. By 2020, the majority of children and …

Compelled by the growing recognition of the burden and harm perpetrated by sustained
inequality and explicit and implicit biases on our patients, trainees, and colleagues, the …

This committee, chaired by Dr Bridgette Jones, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, developed
a mission to “improve the recruitment and success of diverse Children's Mercy faculty and …