Journal of Best Practices In Health Professions Diversity

J Best Pract Health Prof Divers is a peer-reviewed publication, published by the University of North Carolina Press(UNC Press). It is sponsored by the School of Health Sciences at Winston-Salem State University, National Association of Medical Minority Education, Inc. (NAMME), and the North Carolina Alliance for Health Professions Diversity.

The J Best Pract Health Prof Divers is indexed through ProQuest, JSTOR (provides our journal wide access and international exposure), EBSCOhost databases, CINAHL® Complete (under Medical Education and Cultural Diversity subjects), Business Source Complete, Health Policy Reference Center among other databases. Lastly, numerous authors published in our journal that have government funded research including NIH have their manuscripts included in PubMed Central (MEDLINE database). We have been indexed since 2010 and have been in existence since 2007.

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The journal is directed toward educators, policy makers and the health community. It is a bi-annual published source of information on maximizing recruitment and retention of a culturally diverse health professions and students in the healthcare professional areas. Therefore, the journal provides a forum for the discussion of factors that promote or constrain the development and sustainability of a diverse health professions workforce. Our commitment is to publish innovative manuscripts that utilize sound scientific, evidential, theoretical or philosophical research to examine the complex issues that undergird health disparities in communities of color, the practices and policies that facilitate or hinder diversity within and across health professions. Also, manuscripts that address health issues and associated disparities that might hinder health professions, recruitment or retention will be considered.

Manuscripts accepted for publication become the sole property of the J Best Pract Health Prof Divers and may not be published elsewhere without prior written consent from the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Peggy Valentine.

The Journal's Authorship Responsibility, Copyright Transfer, and Financial Disclosure form must be signed by each author and submitted at the same time the manuscript is initially submitted for consideration. Completed forms with original signatures can be scanned, saved as a PDF file, and attached as a file with your manuscript submission. Alternatively, forms can be faxed to the Managing Editor at 336-750-2568.

Manuscripts submitted for consideration of publication must be an original contribution that has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. All persons listed as authors are expected to have made a significant contribution to the development of the manuscript. Authors are ultimately responsible for ensuring validity of published manuscripts.

All manuscripts will be reviewed by the Associate Editor prior to being assigned to external peer-reviewers. Final publication decisions remain the responsibility of the Associate Editor and/or Editor. Proofs of accepted manuscripts will be sent to the corresponding author for final review prior to publication. Extensive changes to the proofs may delay publication. The corresponding author is responsible for the entire content of copyedited articles and may incur charges should extensive changes to proofs be necessary to correct errors, other than printer's errors.

International submissions are welcomed. All manuscripts including, international submissions, must meet standards of English used for professional publications.

Submissions by Emerging Scholars are welcomed. Emerging scholars are defined as persons who both completed their terminal degree within the past 5 years and have pursued a scholarly career for less than 5 years. Emerging Scholars should identify themselves as such at the time an article is submitted. Emerging scholars will be given additional assistance in developing articles for publication.

All manuscript submissions should be emailed to oonsomu@gmail.com and journal@wssu.edu.

Written permission to borrow or adapt copy written material, including your own material that has been previously published in this journal, must be submitted by authors. Authors also need to submit complete details regarding where the material was previously published. Authors are responsible for covering any permission fees that may be required by the copyright owner. Completed forms with original signatures can be scanned, saved as a PDF file, and attached as a file with your manuscript submission. Alternatively, forms can be faxed to the Managing Editor at 336-750-2279.

The Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity: Research, Education and Policy (JBPHPD: Res, Educ and Policy) is Copyrighted material.

We have been indexed since 2010 and have been in existence since 2007. Copyright © 2021 by Winston-Salem State University. All Rights Reserved.

Reproduction or transmission of any part of this publication using any means or form is not permitted.

1. Telephone Nursing Practice: How Do Telenurses Perceive Their Role?
2. The Value of Sharing Your Story as a Recruitment Strategy 
3. Superwoman Schema, Stigma, Spirituality, and Culturally Sensitive Providers: Factors Influencing African American Women’s Use of Mental Health Services 

4. Stereotype Threat Susceptibility Among Minority Health Professions Students

5. Postbaccalaureate Premedical Programs to Promote Physician-Workforce Diversity

6. Addressing the Social Determinants of Behavioral Health for Racial and Ethnic Minorities: Recommendations for Improving Rural Health Care Delivery and Workforce Development 

7. Reflections on a Lifetime of Promoting Health 

8. A Special Master’s Program as a Pipeline to Increase Diversity at an Osteopathic Medical College 

9. Trends in Mirroring Populations Served: An Opportunity for Progress in the Nursing and Dental Hygiene Professions 

Please see the link below for a full list of published articles: Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity - JSTOR

Publisher, UNC Press