What is it about?
Health disparities necessitate the creation of effective curricula to enable students to address the health needs of underserved populations. This paper presents the process and results of faculty efforts to design and deliver health disparities-related education in undergraduate and graduate Public Health courses at a rural Midwestern U.S. university.
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Why is it important?
Health disparities knowledge will play an increasingly integral role in preparing students to successfully interact with vulnerable populations. Efforts to comprehensively integrate health disparities content into course curricula will produce future public health professionals who are better prepared to address health disparities in their surrounding community.
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We hope this article makes people consider the compelling need to address health disparities in our society and that readers will find the article thought-provoking and informative.
Anuli Njoku
Southern Connecticut State University
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This page is a summary of: Infusing Health Disparities Awareness Into Public Health Curricula at a Rural Midwestern University, Pedagogy in Health Promotion, July 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2373379918786746.
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