Cultural Diversity

"Cultural Diversity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Coexistence of numerous distinct ethnic, racial, religious, or cultural groups within one social unit, organization, or population. (From American Heritage Dictionary, 2d college ed., 1982, p955)

Descriptor ID	D018864
MeSH Number(s)	I01.076.201.450.350 I01.880.853.100.450
Concept/Terms	Cultural Diversity Cultural Diversity Cultural Diversities Diversities, Cultural Diversity, Cultural Multiculturalism Multiculturalisms Cultural Pluralism Cultural Pluralism Pluralism, Cultural Pluralism Pluralism Pluralisms

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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Anthropology [I01.076]
Anthropology, Cultural [I01.076.201]
Culture [I01.076.201.450]
Cultural Diversity [I01.076.201.450.350]
Sociology [I01.880]
Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
Culture [I01.880.853.100]
Cultural Diversity [I01.880.853.100.450]

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Bar chart showing 24 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2020 and 2022 and 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	1	0	1
2003	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	1	1	2
2007	0	1	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2013	1	0	1
2016	2	0	2
2017	1	1	2
2020	1	2	3
2021	0	1	1
2022	2	1	3
2024	3	0	3

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Meyer K, Lockhart-Keene L. Instructional Insight into Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives. Occup Ther Health Care. 2025 Apr; 39(2):466-473.

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Rodr?guez JE, Washington JC, Fulton A. Publishing on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can Advance the Work. Fam Med. 2024 10; 56(9):609-610.

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Nguyen QT, Cabal V, Debbink M, Acosta D, Flattes VJ, Baluchi D, Ovuoba N, Cariello PF, Watts BT, Clouse ER, Nyman H, Taylor E, Kemeyou L, Lucero JE, Washington JC, Figueroa E, Campbell KM, Barbaar A, Ogbeide SA, Rodr?guez JE. Building an Equity-Centered Ecosystem: University of Utah Health as a Microcosm. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 06; 12(3):1500-1507.

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Rodr?guez JE, Figueroa E, Campbell KM, Washington JC, Amaechi O, Anim T, Allen KC, Foster KE, Hightower M, Parra Y, Wusu MH, Smith WA, Villarreal MA, Pololi LH. Towards a common lexicon for equity, diversity, and inclusion work in academic medicine. BMC Med Educ. 2022 Oct 04; 22(1):703.

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Zimnicki KM, Aaron KS, McQuillen EP, Palma AL, Sikora GV, Carter EV. When Holistic Admissions Review Is Not Enough: Barriers to Diversity. J Nurs Educ. 2022 Jul; 61(7):375-382.

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Hucko L, Al-Khersan H, Lopez Dominguez J, Cavuoto KM, Scott NL, Williams BK, Fountain T, Sridhar J. Racial and Ethnic Diversity of U.S. Residency Programs, 2011-2019. N Engl J Med. 2022 06 02; 386(22):2152-2153.

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Lin JC, Bowser KE, Drudi LM, DiLosa KL, Yi J. Equal pay for equal work: Disparities in compensation in vascular surgery. J Vasc Surg. 2021 08; 74(2S):21S-28S.

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Wright JL, Jarvis JN, Pachter LM, Walker-Harding LR. "Racism as a public health issue" APS racism series: at the intersection of equity, science, and social justice. Pediatr Res. 2020 11; 88(5):696-698.

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Diefenbeck CA, Klemm PR. Outcomes of a workforce diversity retention program for underrepresented minority and disadvantaged students in a baccalaureate nursing program. J Prof Nurs. 2021 Jan-Feb; 37(1):169-176.

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Venincasa MJ, Cai LZ, Gedde SJ, Uhler T, Sridhar J. Current Applicant Perceptions of the Ophthalmology Residency Match. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 05 01; 138(5):460-466.

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