Recovery with limited progress: impact of California Proposition 209 on racial/ethnic diversity of California medical school matriculants, 1990 to 2019
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Pfeffinger, Alana, author Fernández, Alicia, author Tapia, Manuel, author Rios-Fetchko, Francine, author Coffman, Janet, author
- Contributor(s):
- University of California, San Francisco. Healthforce Center, issuing body. University of California, San Francisco. Latinx Center of Excellence, issuing body.
- Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : University of California, San Francisco, Healthforce Center, December 2020
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Ethnicity Racial Groups Schools, Medical -- legislation & jurisprudence Students, Medical -- statistics & numerical data Racism -- legislation & jurisprudence California United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Passage of California Proposition 209 in 1996 prohibited the consideration of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public education, employment and contracting. This brief extends previous studies of the impact of Proposition 209 on the racial/ethnic diversity of California medical students by providing a thirty-year longitudinal assessment (1990--2019) of its effects. Our analyses reveal that while there has some been some recovery of losses in Latinx and Black/African American matriculants that occurred immediately after Proposition 209 was enacted, progress has been limited. We conclude with several recommendations from the California Future Health Workforce Commission for key investments to increase racial/ethnic diversity in California medical schools.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (21 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918383862206676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918383862206676