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Enriching the Genetic Counseling Recruitment Pipeline: A National Cross‐Sectional Study of Public High School Counselors

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Early awareness of careers is helpful in recruiting students into a career pipeline. School counselors are among the top resources that students turn to when seeking advice about choosing their career. Studies show that high school is the ideal time to generate interest in the genetic counseling career, especially for minorities. This novel study of 291 high school counselors working in ethnically diverse public school districts in the United States examined to what extent members of this important group discuss genetic counseling as a career option with their students. The findings indicate that the majority of school counselors in this study (83%) did not discuss genetic counseling with their students, citing a lack of resources and lack of student interest as the major barriers. Suggestions of ways to increase high school counselors' awareness of the genetic counseling career in order to enhance the goal of enriching recruitment of ethnic minorities into the genetic counseling pipeline are presented.

Source: Journal of Genetic Counseling

DOI: 10.1007/s10897-011-9386-5

Authors: Sharanya N. Kumaravel, Meredith E. Tabangin, Kerry E. Sebera, Nancy Steinberg Warren

Institutions: MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center, Long Beach Medical Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Northern Kentucky University, University of Cincinnati

Language: English

Topic: Career Development and Diversity

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,840