School of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 Jun;4(3):317-321. doi: 10.1007/s40615-017-0380-y. Epub 2017 May 22.
The current state of diversity within the US medical workforce does not reflect representative numbers of the Black male population. Research data continues to reveal continuing trends in the areas of discrimination, incarceration, health disparities, and mortality with respect to Black males. The lack of increase in Black male medical school applications and matriculation contrasted by the continuing trends mentioned above illustrates that there is in fact an American crisis. We present here a call to arms, to address the need of African-American men in medicine. The absence of Black males in medical school represents an American crisis that threatens efforts to effectively address health disparities and excellence in clinical care. This disturbing trend is in need of more empirical examination of medical school data specifically in the areas of qualification barriers, race/ethnic classification, and the impact of diversity on quality of healthcare in the USA.
目前美国医疗工作者队伍中的多样性状况并没有反映出黑人男性的代表性数量。研究数据继续揭示出黑人男性在歧视、监禁、健康差距和死亡率方面的持续趋势。黑人男性医学院申请和入学人数的增加与上述持续趋势形成鲜明对比，这表明实际上存在美国危机。我们在此呼吁，以满足医学领域中非裔美国男性的需求。医学院中缺乏黑人男性代表了美国的危机，这威胁到有效解决健康差距和临床护理卓越的努力。这种令人不安的趋势需要对医学院的数据进行更多的实证研究，特别是在资格障碍、种族/族裔分类以及多样性对美国医疗保健质量的影响等领域。
