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Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity

Health Workforce Diversity Initiative

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About the Diversity Tracker

The Health Workforce Diversity Tracker (Diversity Tracker) monitors progress (or lack thereof) toward the goal of greater racial and ethnic parity in the health workforce through four major components:

  1. The collection and analysis of data on the diversity of the health workforce, with a focus on the educational pipeline
  2. Dissemination of the data and findings, including “report cards” for states, professions, and institutions, publications, and an interactive website
  3. Support for research on the impact of interventions/strategies to increase diversity
  4. Advocacy through targeted distribution of the findings and convening of organizations and groups supportive of the goal of more racial and ethnic parity in the health workforce.

The Diversity Tracker covers the full range of health occupations, from front-line workers to physicians. This tool will increase visibility around current deficiencies in racial and ethnic parity in health professions and educational programs. The tracking and dissemination activities are designed to encourage individual educational programs, states, health professions associations, and private philanthropy to take more aggressive actions to increase diversity in health professions and achieve greater equity.

“Diversity Index” is defined as the ratio of the percentage of graduates (or practitioners) in a health profession compared to the percentage of individuals in the population of that race/ethnicity. 

Funders

Macy Foundation

The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation is the only national foundation dedicated solely to improving the education of health professionals. Their guiding principle is that health professional education has at its core a strong social mission: to serve the public’s needs and improve the health of the public. The Macy Foundation fosters innovation in clinical learning environments by investing in three areas:

  1. Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Belonging
  2. Increasing Collaboration Among Future Health Professionals
  3. Preparing Future Health Professionals to Navigate Ethical Dilemmas

 

Learn more at: https://macyfoundation.org/

Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

The California Endowment

The California Endowment’s mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians. their vision is a “California for All” that leads the nation as a powerful and conscientious voice for wellness, inclusion, and shared prosperity. In support of this, they will invest in three bold ideas in the decade to come:

  1. People Power
  2. Reimagined Public Institutions
  3. A 21st century “Health for All” System

 

Learn more at: www.calendow.org/