Ready T, Nickens H W
Division of Minority Health, Disease Prevention/Health Promotion, Washington, DC 20036.
Acad Med. 1991 Apr;66(4):181-7. doi: 10.1097/00001888-199104000-00001.
The authors discuss the decline in the numbers of black men enrolling in medical school over the last two decades and assess possible reasons for it, including the smaller numbers of men from nearly all races and ethnic groups now applying to medical school, the declining popularity of the undergraduate biology degree among men in general, the falling number of black students who go on to college, and, underlying all these, the pervasive effects of poverty on educational achievement, the dwindling employment opportunities for black men of limited education (brought on by dramatic changes in the American economy), and the rising indices of stress and alienation among black men. The authors review the larger social implications of the growing educational gap between black men and other segments of society, pose questions about some of the trends that have been mentioned, indicate lines for further research, and propose potential solutions to the problem of the deepening underrepresentation of black men in medical schools.
作者们讨论了过去二十年来医学院黑人男性入学人数的下降情况，并评估了其可能的原因，包括现在几乎所有种族和族裔群体中申请医学院的男性人数减少、本科生物学学位在男性中的受欢迎程度普遍下降、继续上大学的黑人学生数量减少，以及在所有这些背后，贫困对教育成就的普遍影响、受教育程度有限的黑人男性就业机会的减少（这是由美国经济的巨大变化导致的），以及黑人男性压力和疏离感指标的上升。作者们审视了黑人男性与社会其他群体之间日益扩大的教育差距所带来的更大社会影响，对所提及的一些趋势提出问题，指出进一步研究的方向，并针对医学院中黑人男性代表性持续下降这一问题提出了潜在的解决方案。
