Underrepresented minorities and social cognitive career theory: an investigation of the effectiveness of increasing math and science interest and self-efficacy in the context of a healthcare career intervention with rural Latino and White-identified middle school students

Currently, there exists a cultural/racial disparity in the quality of healthcare and subsequent health outcomes (Sullivan, 2004; Arora, Schneider, Thal, & Meltzer, 2011). This has been linked to lack of ethnic minority representation within the field of healthcare (Cohen, Gabriel, & Terrell,...

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Main Author: Brooks, Dominique LaShawn
Other Authors: Altmaier, Elizabeth M.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2014
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/4583
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5099&context=etd