The importance of teaching history of inequities in public health programs
Abstract
Learning the history of inequities is typically not a major part of public health degree programs but can be fundamental to truly understanding health inequities and identifying potential solutions. A historical perspective on inequities can help understand present-day inequities as constructed over time, provide needed context for community engagement efforts, and help identify the system of advantages and disadvantages based on race, gender, and class that have been built into U.S. society. There are many ways to integrate a historical perspective on inequities into public health degree programs, and this article provides an example course on historical roots of health inequities. To more effectively reduce health inequities, it is imperative that Schools and Programs of Public Health adopt curriculum content to provide public health professionals and researchers a much-needed historical perspective on inequities.
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Several authors approached cultivating inclusive and safe learning environments by collaborating with their students at the start of the course, while others recognized the importance of fostering these environments to foster candid sharing and reflection among peers.
“Due to this scoping review focusing on institutions of higher education, several authors approached cultivating inclusive and safe learning environments by collaborating with their students at the start of the course (52, 59), while others recognized the importance of fostering these environments to foster candid sharing and reflection among peers (46, 53).”
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- Authors
- Fleming, P. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Fleming, Paul J.
- ORCID
- Fleming, Paul J.
- Venue
- Pedagogy in Health Promotion
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2020-04-06
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 253-256
- ISSN
- 2373-3799 (ISSN-L)
- 2373-3802
- OpenAlex
- W3014315504
- Cited by
- 43
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 5.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Pedagogy in Health Promotion (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Public Health Policies and Education
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Medical Education
- Social Sciences › Health › Public Health and Social Inequalities
- Keywords
- health disparities, public health education, curriculum development, social determinants of health, race, class, and gender, community participation
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