Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

NAAHP is committed to supporting advisors working with students from all backgrounds as they prepare for careers in the health professions. These resources provide up-to-date information about work being done to support students from diverse backgrounds within the health professions.

• The Advisor Special Edition: Diversity and Inclusion Vol. 40 Issue 3 (Sept 2020)
• Best Practices for Advising LGBTQ Pre-Health Students (June 2020), developed by Tyler Lockman and Glenn Cummings
• Advising Prehealth Students with Disabilities: Top 10 Myths and Resources (NAAHP conference presentation, 2018)
• The Advisor Special Edition: Diversity Matters Vol. 37 Issue 2 (June 2017)
• Increasing Diversity in the Health Professions: Reflections on Student Pipeline Programs (Journal of Healthcare, Science, and the Humanities, 2016)
• ExploreHealthCareers.org (EHC) is a free, multidisciplinary health careers website designed to explain the array of health professions and provide easy access to students seeking information about health careers. EHC gives students a reliable, comprehensive source of accurate and up-to-date information for nearly 120 health professions including career overviews, academic requirements, and links to national associations.
• US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health

• AAMC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• AAMC Fee Assistance Program
• AAMC Resources for working with first generation medical students

• ADEA Access, Diversity and Inclusion
• ADEA Fee Assistance Program

• AACN Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Network (DEILN)

• ASCO Diversity & Inclusion

• AACP Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives

• APTA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

• ASPPH Framing the Future

• ASHA Self-Assessment and International Resources for Developing Cultural Competence
• ASHA Practice Portal on a variety of clinical and professional issues that includes cultural considerations for each topic, as well as detailed information on Bilingual Service Delivery, Cultural Competence, and Collaborating With Interpreters, Transliterators, and Translators
• Resources for Bilingual Service Providers
• Multicultural Field-initiated Grants 
• Information, Scholarships and Awards for Students
• Higher education resources for faculty and administrators on addressing multicultural issues

• AAVMC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Visit the NAAHP Committee on Diversity and Inclusion page to learn more about NAAHP's initiatives to promote diversity.

• Student National Medical Association
• Latino Medical Student Association
• Association of American Indian Physicians
• American Medical Women's Association
• Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association
• Association of Native American Medical Students
• AMSA REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture in Health)
• National Association of Medical Minority Educators

• Student National Dental Association - HBCU Connect
• Society of American Indian Dentists

• ASHA S.T.E.P. (Student To Empowered Professional) Mentoring Program,
• ASHA Minority Student Leadership Program (MSLP)

• DiVersity Matters initiative
• Underrepresented No More