The Emphasis of Social Justice in Undergraduate Public Health Programs
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Ballroom C/D
Start Date
16-5-2013
End Date
16-5-2013
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the emphasis of social justice in undergraduate public health program websites. One of the focuses of public health is eliminating health disparities. Social justice is one of the ways in which public health addresses health disparities by focusing on changing existing infrastructures of inequality. We used the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) website to find undergraduate public health programs to examine. Key words in different sections of university websites were used as a way of measuring a schools emphasis on social justice. All schools had several of the key words, but only 4 of the 13 universities explicitly mention social justice on their websites. Further research should be done to gauge professors and students’ knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs around social justice and its importance.
Recommended Citation
Marks, Jaron, "The Emphasis of Social Justice in Undergraduate Public Health Programs " (2013). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 129.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2013/posters/129
Poster Number
17
Additional Mentoring Department
Physical Education, School and Public Health
The Emphasis of Social Justice in Undergraduate Public Health Programs
SURC Ballroom C/D
The purpose of this study was to analyze the emphasis of social justice in undergraduate public health program websites. One of the focuses of public health is eliminating health disparities. Social justice is one of the ways in which public health addresses health disparities by focusing on changing existing infrastructures of inequality. We used the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) website to find undergraduate public health programs to examine. Key words in different sections of university websites were used as a way of measuring a schools emphasis on social justice. All schools had several of the key words, but only 4 of the 13 universities explicitly mention social justice on their websites. Further research should be done to gauge professors and students’ knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs around social justice and its importance.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Rebecca Pearson