The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

Abstract #72166

Britt Kirsten Rios-Ellis, PhD, Health Science, California State University Long Beach, CSULB 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840, (562) 430-0044, bellis@csulb.edu and Harold Hunter, DrPH, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, CSULB, HCA, Long Beach, CA 90840.

The Latino Healthcare Professionals Project (LHPP) was initiated in 1995 at California State Univesity Long Beach to ameliorate the lack of Latinos in health care management. Each year, 20 bilingual, bicultural, first-generation educated students are accepted into the program. Students receive a full-tuition and partial book scholarship and engage in health care management training over a two-year period. Participants also conduct a customized internship in health management. Eight years after its inception, the project is demonstrating its effectiveness as over 75% of its graduates are working in health care and 50% are attending or have finished graduate degrees in health and human services. Data regarding the evaluation component will be presented in an effort to demonstrate the effectiveness of diversity training programs in health management. The program design, recruitment, and retention methods will also be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop an understanding for the need to diversify management in health care.
• Understand the health care needs of the Latino population.

Keywords: Latinos, Management

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.