African Americans and other minorities (AAOM) are under-represented in careers in medicine, public health, and research. Furthermore, African Americans suffer more disproportionately from racial health disparities across most health indicators. Scholars suggest that the underrepresentation of AAOM public health and medical professionals contributes to the racial and ethnic health disparity trends in the USA. Thus, an increase in African American public health professionals may lead to a decrease in health disparities in African American communities. This manuscript will share a qualitative research study designed to explore motivators to engage African American students into careers in public health. Grounded theory and the feedforward model were used to explore critical career motivators, career decisions, career trajectories, barriers, and methods to overcome barriers among 20 African American public health graduate students and professionals. Eight motivators and six recommendations were identified to engage African Americans into careers in Public Health.

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越来越多的非裔美国人公共卫生专业人员：利用前馈模型解决非裔美国人社区的种族和民族健康差异

非洲裔美国人和其他少数族裔（AAOM）在医学，公共卫生和研究领域的代表性不足。此外，在大多数健康指标中，非裔美国人遭受种族健康差异的影响更大。学者认为，AAOM公共卫生和医疗专业人员人数不足导致了美国种族和族裔健康差异趋势。因此，非裔美国人公共卫生专业人员的增加可能导致非裔美国人社区健康差异的减少。该手稿将进行定性研究，旨在探索促使非裔美国人学生从事公共卫生职业的动机。扎根的理论和前馈模型用于探索关键的职业动机，职业决策，职业轨迹，障碍，克服20名非洲裔美国公共卫生研究生和专业人员中的障碍的方法。确定了八项激励因素和六项建议，以使非洲裔美国人参与公共卫生事业。