Striving for health equity through nursing education: a critical examination of non-traditional community health placements
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Date
2024
Authors
Magnuson, Morgan
Vandenberg, Shannon
Vogelsang, Laura
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Publisher
School of Nursing, York University
Abstract
The use of non-traditional community health placements is common in undergraduate nursing programs; however, we know little about how these initiatives impact partner organizations or equity-denied communities. Based on our experiences as nursing faculty who facilitate these placements, we critically reflect on whether students can advance the health equity agendas of our partner organizations. Using the political economy of health inequities, we discuss how biomedicalism and neoliberalism shape and constrain our students’ work and identify potential harms created by this approach. Furthermore, we link non-traditional community health placements to our current political economy to determine who benefits from this model of nursing education. Finally, we identify strategies to mitigate these harms by critically reflecting on our practice and committing to more equitable partnerships
Description
Open access. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0) applies
Keywords
Political economy of health inequities , Health equity , Non-traditional placements , Community health nursing , Nursing education
Citation
Magnuson, M., Vandenberg, S., Vogelsang, L. (2024). Striving for health equity through nursing education: A critical examination of non-traditional community health placements. Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, 6(1), 21-32. https://doi.org/10.25071/2291-5796.162