5081.0 Social Justice, Social Determinants, and Public policy

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This session addresses issues in both public health nursing curriculum and policy development related to social justice and public health. Innovative approaches to advocacy and nursing education are examined within a social justice framework. Social determinants of health along with risk factors are analyzed in relationship to health disparities and equity.
Session Objectives: The audience will be able to 1. Compare educational and curricular approaches to teaching social justice concepts. 2. Describe factors influencing social justice public policy.
Moderator:
Pamela Levin, PhD, APHN-BC

8:30am
Social Justice and Financial Planning: A National Survey of Public Health Curricula in US Nursing Programs
Margaret Mullarkey, MS, RN, Anne Bongiorno, PhD,APRN,BC, CNE, Elizabeth A. Riegle, RN, MS, Donna (Danuta) Clemmens, PhD RN and Maria A. Fletcher, RN, PhD
        
8:50am
Moving policies upstream to disrupt the links between social injustice and early childbearing
Lee SmithBattle, RN, DNSc
     
9:10am
Social epidemiology and social determinants of health: Implications for nursing education
Maria Sistrom, RN MSN PhD
9:30am
Risk factors for poorer birth outcomes in New York State counties
Rosa D. Darling, PhD, RNC-NIC and A. Serdar Atav, PhD
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Social Work, Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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