See, seek, support: a policy framework to uplift first-generation low-income medical professionals.

Autor: Cha J; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA., Nguyen HB; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA., Salinas KE; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA., Kamran SC; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. skamran@mgh.harvard.edu.; Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. skamran@mgh.harvard.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of public health policy [J Public Health Policy] 2023 Dec; Vol. 44 (4), pp. 685-694. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 26.
DOI: 10.1057/s41271-023-00445-2
Abstrakt: The First-Generation and/or Low-Income (FGLI) identity is not readily visible, encapsulating those who are the first in their families to complete a 4-year college degree and/or those living near or below the poverty line. In the backdrop of unprecedented levels of socioeconomic inequality in a country where household income predicts educational attainment, we explore the current state of U.S. society regarding socioeconomic status and health care. We describe challenges in diversifying the health care workforce and present a multi-pronged policy approach for visibilizing, recruiting, supporting, and retaining FGLI trainees in medicine, with the promise of improving the quality of health care delivery altogether. Through this work, we aim to render the field of medicine more equitable for trainees, physicians, and patients alike.
(© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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