Course Description

Nurses know firsthand that social conditions affect access to health care, exposure to health risks, and health outcomes for patients. But what exactly are the pathways and mechanisms by which “social determinants” like poverty, pollution, and discrimination manifest in the body and impact health? This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to investigate how social, economic, and political inequalities and injustices materialize in individual, population, and even generational health. The class will also consider what the implications are for union nurses as patient advocates and discuss how nurses can help remedy the pathogenic effects of inequality and injustice on human health and society.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain how economic, social, and political inequalities engender and shape health outcomes and identify root causes of health disparities;
• Articulate the connections between structural, social, environmental, and individual determinants of health and disease;
• Explore interpersonal, collective, and structural responses that address health disparities and their related social inequities.

Instructors:

Kel Montalvo-Quiñones

Course Information:

This will be a 3-hour online class via Zoom for 3 hours of continuing education credits.

After registering, you will receive an invitation to the Zoom class via email. Zoom invitations will be sent approximately 1 week prior to the class. It is important that you respond to the invitation and register for the Zoom class prior to the day of the class.

Registrations will close for these classes at 9am on the prior business day.

Dates:

• Tuesday, October 29 - 9am to 12pm PT/12pm to 3pm ET **Registration for this class is now closed
• Thursday, November 14 - 9am to 12pm PT/12pm to 3pm ET

CE courses are free to National Nurses United members. Classes are only offered to direct-care and staff RNs.