Demographics and Diversity of Central and Western US Worksite Health Promotion Professionals: A Pilot Study

International electronic journal of health education

Kristi Goldsmith¹  Carolyn Cox¹  Maria Godefroid¹  Jacqueline Hooper¹ 

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来源: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance / AAHPERD

【 摘 要 】

Because of the disproportionate amount of health problems and limited access to care in ethnically diverse populations, our national health objectives call for interventions that include recruitment of health promotion professionals from the ethic populations they are to serve.The purpose of this pilot study was to provide an overview of demographics including the current status of culturally diverse ethnic group representation in worksite health promotion professionals in the Central and Western regions of the United States. Surveys were FAXed to a stratefied random sample of 190 worksite health promotion professionals in 15 states. The instrument consisted of a series of multiple-choice questions to describe respondents' worksite and personal demographics.The majority of respondents were female, and most possessed at least a Master's degree. As the predominant ethnicity of the respondents was overwhelmingly White, results also provided some evidence of the under-representation of diverse ethnic groups among these regions’ worksite health promotion professionals. The information gathered could be used to improve the regions’ recruitment and retention of professionals, specifically culturally diverse professionals, into the worksite health promotion field.

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