Belmont University, College of Pharmacy, 1900 Belmont Blvd, MCWH #330, Nashville, TN 37212-3757, United States.
Belmont University, College of Pharmacy, 1900 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN 37212-3757, United States.
Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2020 May;12(5):524-530. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2020.01.011. Epub 2020 Jan 30.
To describe the disproportionality of racial and ethnic people of color (i.e., minorities) among the student body in schools and colleges of pharmacy (COPs) compared to county-specific United States Census Bureau data.
Data were obtained from national databases and published reports from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. In addition, demographic information for enrollees of minority-serving institutions and predominantly white institutions was obtained and racial disproportionality was assessed to determine the degree of concordance between enrollees and the demographics of people within the county that the school was located. Data were evaluated using descriptive statistics.
Compared to the general population in counties where COPs are located, Asians are over-represented while all other students of color are underrepresented. The top schools that have a negative disproportionality rate for Black students included Thomas Jefferson University (-40.49), Wayne State University (-40.13), Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (-39.90), and the University of Tennessee (-39.74).The top five schools that have a negative disproportionality rate of Hispanic students included Loma Linda University (-45.67), California Health Sciences (-45.64), the University of Southern California (-43.79), the University of the Pacific California (-37.95), and Texas Southern University (-36.65). The enrollments within most COPs do not reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the counties in which they are located.
To meet the healthcare needs of an increasingly diverse population, each institution should establish a strategic plan for increasing diversity and evaluating and adopting best practices.
描述与县特定的美国人口普查局数据相比，学校和学院药房（COPs）学生群体中有色人种（即少数民族）的不成比例情况。
数据来自全国数据库和美国药学院协会的出版物。此外，还获得了少数民族服务机构和以白人为主的机构的注册者的人口统计信息，并评估了种族不成比例情况，以确定注册者与学校所在县内人口的人口统计数据之间的一致性程度。使用描述性统计数据评估数据。
与 COPs 所在县的一般人口相比，亚洲人人数过多，而所有其他有色人种学生人数都不足。黑人学生负不成比例率最高的学校包括托马斯杰斐逊大学（-40.49）、韦恩州立大学（-40.13）、费城药学院（-39.90）和田纳西大学（-39.74）。黑人学生负不成比例率最高的前五所学校包括洛马林达大学（-45.67）、加州健康科学大学（-45.64）、南加州大学（-43.79）、加州太平洋大学（-37.95）和德克萨斯南方大学（-36.65）。大多数 COPs 的入学人数并不反映其所在县的种族和族裔多样性。
为了满足日益多样化的人口的医疗保健需求，每个机构都应制定一项增加多样性的战略计划，并评估和采用最佳实践。
