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Latino Healthcare Professionals Project

Mission Statement

To educate students with an awareness of the cultural, linguistic, socioeconomic and health status and access issues facing the Latino community and to enable their leadership in health care professions.

 

About LHPP

LHPP is a privately-funded initiative to provide health care management training to first-generation educated Latino bilingual and bicultural students at California State University, Long Beach. Benefactors and sponsors include the Sisters of St. Joseph Health Care Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Health Net, the Health Care Foundation of Orange County, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Baxter Pharmaceuticals. Since its inception in 1996, LHPP has had 167 participants who have entered the project in nine separate cohorts. Over 60% of LHPP participants attend graduate school within five years following their graduation, making LHPP one of the most successful programs targeting Latinos in higher education in the country. Further information about LHPP outcomes can be found in an article from the Journal of Health Administration Education.

LHPP Curriculum

LHPP students complete six courses to earn a Certificate in Health Care Administration in addition to their baccalaureate degrees:

  • HCA/CHLS 470I - Latino Health Care Status and Access
  • HCA 402 - The Health Care System
  • HCA 480 - Internship in Health Care Administration
  • HCA 410 - Health Management and Organization
  • HCA 353 - Marketing for Health Services Organizations
  • HCA 341 - Financial Management of Health Care Institutions

(For course descriptions, click here)

Additional pre or co-requisites are:

  • Accounting 201 or equivalent
  • Economics 101 or 300 or equivalent

Who Is Eligible to Apply?

All bilingual/bicultural Latino university students with junior standing who are interested in the Latino community and its health issues as well as the health professions are urged to apply. Applicants must meet the following requirements:

  1. Bilingual (Spanish/English) and bicultural;
  2. Parent(s) or legal guardian(s) may not hold a baccalaureate degree from a university or college;
  3. A proven academic track record;
  4. Junior standing;
  5. Interested in Health Care Administration.

CSULB is committed to assisting all students with disabilities.

Further Information

Latino Health Care Professionals Project (LHPP)
California State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd. Mailstop 4902
Long Beach, CA 90840-4801
Phone: (562) 985-5288
Fax: (562) 985-1969
E-Mail: lhpp@csulb.edu

 

Project Highlights

  • 20 students (15 scholarship recipients and 5 alternates) are chosen to participate by a competitive application process.
  • The 15 scholarship recipients receive two-year tuition scholarships at CSULB and all participants receive a one-time stipend for their summer internships in health care organizations.
  • LHPP faculty and staff mentor participants and monitor student performance.
  • LHPP students participate in the annual LHPP Summer Orientation and Retreat, where they receive academic guidance, career counseling and information on future employment opportunities.
  • LHPP students learn about health care delivery systems and the health status and access issues facing Latinos.
  • LHPP students combine health care policy study and management training with practical fieldwork experience so they can establish career pathways in health care.

Health Care Facts

  • The health care industry is the second largest US employer.
  • Growing ethnic diversity in Southern California requires that managers reflect the population's makeup.
  • Latinos represents 12% of the US population; however, only 5% of US health care administrators are Latino.

LHPP Advisors and Cofounders

  • Sr. Jayne Helmlinger, C.S.J., Vice President of Sponsorship at St. Jude Medical Center
  • Sr. Della Gonzales, C.S.J., Educator in the Santa Ana area

LHPP Faculty and Staff at CSULB

  • Dr. Britt Rios-Ellis, LHPP Project Director and Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences
  • Dr. Tony Sinay, Chair, Department of Health Care Administration