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The Balancing Act of Diversity Initiatives
This article is reprinted from the August 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association (2011;111(8):1110-1117).The Educational Pipeline and Diversity in Dietetics
As practitioner diversity has long been a concern in allied health care, it's no surprise that a profession whose face is predominantly white and female would look inward and outward for remedies.The Balancing Act of Diversity Initiatives
Each census yields data about the changing demographics in the United States, and many associations use that opportunity to inwardly reflect on the demographic makeup of their own respective memberships. But how important—or realistic—is it that an association's membership reflects the community served or the nation at large?Moving Cultural Competency from Abstract to Act
The buzz phrase “cultural competency” has made a splash in the scientific literature of late, with many organizations and authors emphasizing why it is important, analyzing the effectiveness of programs that teach it, and working to establish some uniformity in how it is defined. Variation lies even in whether to label cultural competence as a process, outcome, or skill (1).
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