NATIONAL HISPANIC HEALTH FOUNDATION

California leadership fellowship - a one year executive leadership training program for 10 hispanic physicians who work in california who have documented leadership, interest in public health careers and commitment to serving hispanics. Nhhf lf consists of orientation, virtual summit over 8 sessions of 2 hours each, sacramento institute and washington, dc institute in september. Training includes didactic sessions, panel discussions with qanda on issues related to minority health care, health disparities, federal and state policies and programs that relate to access to care, workforce diversity, climate change, women's health and other issues. Faculty are speakers from policy offices, public health, white house, congress, think tanks, prevention programs, research, media.the physicians are appointed to policy analysis teams with a faculty coach and develop a policy paper for nhhf to use for advocacy in california/washington, dc.cdc pipeline to have a diverse public health workforce - 5 year cooperative agreement with cdc to develop a plan for recruitment and retention for hispanic, black and native americans in public health agencies at the local, state and federal levels. From sept 1 2022 - aug 30 2024 the following key activities:1.advisory committee2.paper commissioned on ai and recruitment and retention3.paper commissioned on health disparities and public health4.guide for students for public health career options5.guide for recruiters for public health agencies6.video to market public health careers7.webpage with these resources8.coalition plan