diversity

As part of Phase Six of NATA’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA) Response Plan , each NATA committee, commission and council was tasked with developing three to five actionable items that support one or more of the six NATA DEIA...

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15, the NATA Now blog will highlight some of our Hispanic/Latinx leaders at the state, district and national levels. As the former Texas chair to the SWATA Young Professionals’ Committee,...

As seen in the article, “The Qs and As That AT Programs Should Consider When Recruiting Students,” in the July issue of the NATA News , recruiting diversity is important to the athletic training profession and a part of NATA’s heartbeat. To this end...

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month , Sept. 15-Oct. 15, the NATA Now blog will highlight some of NATA’s Hispanic/Latinx members who are advancing the athletic training profession through research. Sometimes the best part about research can...

In honor of Pride Month, throughout June the NATA Now blog will highlight NATA’s LGBTQIA+ resources to assist members in their pursuit of providing compassionate, culturally competent patient care to all. In April, NATA released a member statement...

In honor of Pride Month, throughout June the NATA Now blog will highlight NATA’s LGBTQIA+ resources to assist members in their pursuit of providing compassionate, culturally competent patient care to all. To provide the highest quality of care to...

Over the past several months, the NATA Board of Directors, along with at-large appointments from the NATA Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee, has worked with a DEI consultant in association management to develop and align around organizational...

The NATA Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee has selected a new graduate student representative: Chaerin Yeom. Originally from South Korea, Yeom is attending Weber State University in Utah. She shared with NATA what drew her to the athletic training...

By Glenn Edgerton, EdD, ATC, and Dani Moffit, PhD, ATC NATA LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee Athletic training is a service occupation and those who enter into it should have the desire to serve others. A fundamental responsibility and purpose of any human...

In the November NATA News , NATA Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee Chair Kysha Harriell, PhD, LAT, ATC, wrote an article about why words matter when working with patients who have a disability. In continuation of the topic, Kevin M. Conley, PhD,...