What Diversity Means to Undergraduate Health Science Students

Authors

  • Salome Kapella Mshigeni California State University San Bernardino
  • Stephanie Okolo California State University San Bernardino
  • Deo Mshigeni California Baptist University
  • Monideepa Becerra California State University San Bernardino

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v20i6.3131

Keywords:

Higher Education, diversity,, higher education, health science, students, undergraduate

Abstract

The concept of diversity is ever changing regarding how populations perceive the definition. This project assessed how health-science college students perceive the definition and context of diversity in their personal and professional lives. Using qualitative analysis approach with 112 participants we found out that diversity was perceived to be an accumulation of various factors, i.e. education, religion, color though other factors such as age, gender, language, cultures were also considered. Such results highlight that students have varied definitions of diversity and hence formalized training in core courses on diversity in the context of serving in the healthcare field is essential.

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Published

2020-10-04

How to Cite

Mshigeni, S. K., Okolo, S., Mshigeni, D., & Becerra, M. (2020). What Diversity Means to Undergraduate Health Science Students. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 20(6). https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v20i6.3131

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