The United States is projected to become a majority-minority nation for the first time in 2043.1,2 Hispanic and Asian populations are expected to experience exponential increases by 2060, while smaller increases are anticipated within the African-American, American-Indian, and Alaskan-Native populations.1 The resulting patient base will increase demand for a racially and ethnically diverse health care workforce capable of providing time-sensitive, individualized health care that meets patients’ expectations and accounts for literacy, language abilities, and levels of acculturation and assimilation.
The United States is projected to become a majority-minority nation for the first time in 2043.1,2 Hispanic and Asian populations are expected to experience exponential increases by 2060, while smaller increases are anticipated within the African-American, American-Indian, and Alaskan-Native populations.1 The resulting patient base will increase demand for a racially and ethnically diverse health care workforce capable of providing time-sensitive, individualized health care that meets patients’ expectations and accounts for literacy, language abilities, and levels of acculturation and assimilation.