Teaching a Health Equity Course at a Midwestern Private University—A Pilot Study

IF 1.3 Q2 Social Sciences

International Quarterly of Community Health Education Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI:10.1177/0272684X19874974

R. Braun, Mariah Nevels, M. Frey

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Abstract

Teaching about health disparities and health equity at a 4-year institution is imperative. Unfortunately, there is a lack of empirical research demonstrating this concept and the proper way to develop a course. As a result, this research attempted to assess the effectiveness of developing and teaching this course centered on the social determinants of health (SDH). Using a 30-question Attribution of Health Disparities Assessment, data were collected on students’ attitudes and beliefs about the relevancy of these two concepts before and after they took the health equity course. All participants (n = 42) were seniors, 80% self-identify as Caucasian and 66% were female. Overall, there was a statistically significant change in attitudes and beliefs about health disparities and the relevancy of these issues. It appears that in the eyes of the students, the SDH are more relevant and related to these issues than a person’s individual responsibility. As a result, the relevancy of many of the SDH discussed in class had a profound effect on the students who took this course as indicated by their statistically significant change. Finally, our research demonstrates how a health equity course could be taught to effectively change undergraduate students’ views on issues related to the SDH.

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在中西部私立大学教授健康公平课程——一项试点研究

在一所四年制的大学里教授关于健康差异和健康公平的知识是非常必要的。遗憾的是，缺乏实证研究来证明这一概念和正确的课程开发方法。因此，本研究试图评估以健康的社会决定因素(SDH)为中心的这门课程的开发和教学效果。采用30个问题的健康差异归因评估，收集了学生在参加健康公平课程前后对这两个概念的相关性的态度和信念的数据。所有参与者(n = 42)为老年人，80%自认为是白种人，66%为女性。总体而言，对健康差距和这些问题的相关性的态度和信念在统计上发生了重大变化。在学生的眼中，SDH似乎比个人的责任更与这些问题相关和相关。因此，课堂上讨论的许多SDH的相关性对选修这门课程的学生产生了深远的影响，从他们的统计显著变化中可以看出。最后，我们的研究展示了如何通过教授健康公平课程来有效地改变本科生对SDH相关问题的看法。

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International Quarterly of Community Health Education PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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期刊介绍： The International Quarterly of Community Health Education is committed to publishing applied research, policy and case studies dealing with community health education and its relationship to social change. Since 1981, this rigorously peer-referred Journal has contained a wide selection of material in readable style and format by contributors who are not only authorities in their field, but can also write with vigor, clarity, and occasionally with humor. Since its introduction the Journal has considered all manuscripts, especially encouraging stimulating articles which manage to combine maximum readability with scholarly standards.