California Health Care Offers Great Career Opportunities.MakeItInScrubs.com Provides Information on Hundreds of Careers for Young Adults SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's expanding diverse population is driving a huge demand for health care workers. To address the issue, The California Wellness Foundation's "Make It In Scrubs" public education campaign is encouraging young adults to explore and consider careers in health professions via the MakeItInScrubs.com Web site. The State already has shortages in nearly all categories of the health care workforce including close to 200 allied health professions - from entry-level assistants to speech-language pathologists. Additionally, 51 of California's 58 counties currently are experiencing shortages of health care workers. California's counties with the highest levels of needs include (in alphabetical order) Fresno, Humboldt, Imperial, Kern, Lassen, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Madera, Riverside, San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. , San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , San Joaquin San Joaquin (săn wäkēn`), river, c.320 mi (510 km) long, rising in the Sierra Nevada, E Calif., and flowing W then N through the S Central Valley to form a large delta with the Sacramento River near Suisun Bay, an arm of San Francisco Bay. and Ventura. To help address the growing demand, June has been designated "Make It In Scrubs" Month. During this time all campaign components will be working together - advertising, events, partnerships and more - to promote the need to grow and diversify our health care workforce. "As California grows older and more diverse, there's a great need to increase our health care workforce," said Gary L. Yates, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. ; The California Wellness Foundation. "However, we need a workforce that more accurately represents California's population. And we need to provide access to culturally and linguistically sensitive health care workers." To help build a diverse workforce and to combat the shortages, the MakeItInScrubs.com site offers free information on careers, schools and financial aid. The site also has information in Spanish. Funded by a grant to Ogilvy Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Worldwide from The California Wellness Foundation (TCWF TCWF The California Wellness Foundation ). Created in 1992 as an independent, private foundation, TCWF's mission is to improve the health of the people of California by making grants for health promotion, wellness education and disease prevention. |
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