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Enriching the genetic counseling recruitment pipeline: A national cross-sectional study of high school counselors

Kumaravel, Sharanya

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2010, MS, University of Cincinnati, Allied Health Sciences : Genetic Counseling.
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 from diverse public school districts examines to what extent members of this important group discuss genetic counseling as a career option with their students. Our findings indicate that the majority of school counselors in this study did not discuss genetic counseling with their students, citing a lack of resources and lack of student interest as the major barriers. We suggest ways to increase high school counselors’ awareness of the career to enhance the goal of enriching recruitment of minorities into the genetic counseling pipeline
Kerry Sebera, PhD (Committee Chair)
Meredith Tabangin, MPH (Committee Member)
Nancy Warren, MS, CGC (Committee Member)
42 p.

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  • Kumaravel, S. (2010). Enriching the genetic counseling recruitment pipeline: A national cross-sectional study of high school counselors [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276975834

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kumaravel, Sharanya. Enriching the genetic counseling recruitment pipeline: A national cross-sectional study of high school counselors. 2010. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276975834.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kumaravel, Sharanya. "Enriching the genetic counseling recruitment pipeline: A national cross-sectional study of high school counselors." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1276975834

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)