American Indian Student Internships and the Pursuit of Equity in Education

American Indians experience the most severe health disparities in the Nation (Jacobs-Wingo et al., 2016). Previous researchers and policymakers have called for increasing the diversity of the health workforce as a primary method to address these health disparities (Phillips & Malone, 2014). Lack of diversity within the health workforce can be remedied as part of a broader approach to addressing the social determinants of health.