Duffus Wayne A, Trawick Cynthia, Moonesinghe Ramal, Tola Jigsa, Truman Benedict I, Dean Hazel D
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Public Health Sciences Institute, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia.
Am J Prev Med. 2014 Nov;47(5 Suppl 3):S368-75. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.07.028. Epub 2014 Oct 16.
A workforce that resembles the society it serves is likely to be more effective in improving health equity for racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. Racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in the U.S. public health professions. Project Imhotep is operated by Morehouse College with funding and technical assistance from CDC. Imhotep trains racial and ethnic minority students for entry into graduate and professional training programs for careers in the public health sciences. The curriculum focuses on biostatistics, epidemiology, and occupational safety and health with practical training in statistical data analysis, scientific writing, and oral presentation skills.
To describe the Imhotep program and highlight some of its outcomes.
Data were collected every year by self-administered questionnaire or follow-up telephone and e-mail interviews of students who participated in Imhotep during 1982-2010 and were followed through December 2013.
Findings demonstrated that 100% of the 481 trained students earned bachelor's degrees; 73.2% earned graduate degrees (53% earned master's degrees, 11.1% earned medical degrees, and 7.3% earned other doctoral degrees); and 60% entered public health careers.
The Imhotep program has improved the representation of racial and ethnic minorities among public health professionals in the U.S. A diverse workforce involving Imhotep graduates could augment the pool of pubic health professionals who make strategic and tactical decisions around program design and resource allocation that impact health in the most affected communities.
一个与其所服务的社会相似的劳动力群体，可能在改善美国种族和少数族裔的健康公平方面更有成效。美国公共卫生专业中种族和少数族裔的代表性不足。伊姆霍特普项目由莫尔豪斯学院运营，由美国疾病控制与预防中心提供资金和技术援助。伊姆霍特普项目培训种族和少数族裔学生进入公共卫生科学领域的研究生和专业培训项目。课程重点是生物统计学、流行病学以及职业安全与健康，并提供统计数据分析、科学写作和口头表达技能方面的实践培训。
描述伊姆霍特普项目并突出其一些成果。
每年通过自填问卷或对1982 - 2010年期间参加伊姆霍特普项目且随访至2013年12月的学生进行电话和电子邮件随访来收集数据。
研究结果表明，481名接受培训的学生中有100%获得了学士学位；73.2%获得了研究生学位（53%获得硕士学位，11.1%获得医学学位，7.3%获得其他博士学位）；60%进入了公共卫生领域工作。
伊姆霍特普项目提高了美国公共卫生专业人员中种族和少数族裔的代表性。一个包含伊姆霍特普项目毕业生的多元化劳动力群体，可以增加围绕项目设计和资源分配做出战略和战术决策的公共卫生专业人员数量，这些决策会影响受影响最严重社区的健康状况。
