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Alternative Title:
J Allied Health
Personal Author:
Boekeloo, Bradley ; Randolph, Suzanne ; Timmons-Brown, Stephanie ; Wang, Min Qi
Boekeloo, Bradley ; Randolph, Suzanne ; Timmons-Brown, Stephanie ; Wang, Min Qi Less -
Description:
Measures are needed to assess youth perceptions about health science careers to facilitate research aimed at increasing youth pursuit of health science. Although the Indiana Instrument provides an established measure of perceptions regarding nursing and ideal careers, we were interested in learning how high-achieving 10th graders from relatively low socioeconomic areas who identify as black/African American (black) perceive health science and ideal careers. The Indiana Instrument was modified, administered to 90 youth of interest, and psychometrically analyzed. Reliable subscales were identified that may facilitate parsimonious, theoretical, and reliable study of youth decision-making regarding health science careers. Such research may help to develop and evaluate strategies for increasing the number of minority health scientists.
Subject:
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Achievement
Adolescent
African Americans
Career Choice
Female
Health Occupations
Humans
Male
Poverty Areas
Psychometrics
Socioeconomic Factors

Source:
J Allied Health. 43(3):133-139.
Pubmed ID:
25194058
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4212893
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
R01 GM094574/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States ; 048DP001929/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; R0I GM094574/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States
R01 GM094574/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States ; 048DP001929/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; R0I GM094574/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States Less -
Place as Subject:
Indiana
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:b2ac864d4572d82d27b6eb48bd669be666ee182091fc9c92716ac97b3d94afad
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