1. Emerging Paradigms of Diversity in the Health Professions
Marquette L. Cannon-Babb, Pharm.D., CGP
Temple University School of Pharmacy
Assistant Dean of Admissions
Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice

2. GLOBAL HEALTH RISKS:
Mortality & Burden of Disease

4. Trends in Health Risks

5. Racism & Health Domains, Levels & Life Course
Embodiment
Pathways of Embodiment
Cumulative Interplay of exposure,
susceptibility & resistance
Accountability & Agency
LEVELS:
Societal & Ecosystem
Political Economy & Ecology
Economic &
Social Deprivation
Global
National
Regional
Area
Household
Individual
Social Trauma
Toxins, Pathogens, & Hazards
Pathways:
Standards of Living
Exposures
Occupational
Environmental
Social
Targeted
Marketing
Inadequate
Medical Care
This model is rather confusing by the fact that none of the descriptors (blue boxes) is labelled “racism” or “biology”
Historical Context & Generation
Response to
Discrimination
Life Course:
In utero
infancy
childhood
adulthood
Adapted from: Krieger N (2000, 2008)

6. ECOSOCIAL THEORY
A theory of systematic approach wherein patterns of disease distribution are described in relation to health inequities
EMBODIMENT
how people literally exemplify (embody) their life experiences
PATHWAYS of EMBODIMENT
how life experiences result in diverse outcomes (e.g., physical, chemical, biological, social exposures)
“This may involve gene expression (not just gene frequency)”
CUMULATIVE INTERPLAY of EXPOSURE
Both biological & social exposures  susceptibility & resistance
Accountability & Agency
Involves social inequalities in health & assessment strategies that are or are not monitored, analyzed, and addressed

7. Jim Taylor
Mary Turner
Tondra Young
Corey Anderson

8. Eight Trends in Changing Healthcare Workforce
Retirement of the “Baby Boomers”
Loss of skilled senior personnel while managerial positions and “generalists” are easier to replace
Shortage of skilled health IT professionals
Highly skilled programmers, clinicians, technicians
Impending trend in significant turnover
Undertrained millennial generation
Actual skill level of recent graduates ?
> encouragement of college students to  IT jobs
Changing future of healthcare leadership
Rise of more open communication & collaboration
Impact of company culture on recruitment & retainment
Younger generations desire to have a broader say in business
IT = informatics technology