The Urban and Community Health Pathway

Meurer, Linda N.; Young, Staci; Meurer, John R.; Johnson, Sheri L.; Gilbert, Ileen; Diehr, Sabina

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2011.06.005

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“…Several medical schools have recently developed undergraduate curricular elements that address the social determinants of health 22–24. Some of these published programs mention the social determinants of health as a topic that is covered in a larger curriculum focused on integrating population health22 or public health23 concepts into undergraduate medical education.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some of these published programs mention the social determinants of health as a topic that is covered in a larger curriculum focused on integrating population health22 or public health23 concepts into undergraduate medical education. Meurer et al24 describe a longitudinal program for a self-selected group of medical students that employs community-engaged learning with a primary focus on the social determinants of health. This 3-year program integrates didactic and experiential learning activities – the same curricular components used in the HSP.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, our literature review revealed only two published programs that mention social determinants of health as a thematic focus,19,21 and few undergraduate medical education programs that incorporate teaching about the social determinants of health into their curriculums 22–24…”

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confidence: 99%

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Training medical students in the social determinants of health: the Health Scholars Program at Puentes de Salud

O’Brien¹,

Garland²,

Murphy³

et al. 2014

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PurposeGiven the large influence of social conditions on health, physicians may be more effective if they are trained to identify and address social factors that impact health. Despite increasing interest in teaching the social determinants of health in undergraduate medical education, few models exist.Participants and methodsWe present a 9-month pilot course on the social determinants of health for medical and other health professional students, which is based at Puentes de Salud, Philadelphia, PA, USA, a community health center serving a Latino immigrant population. This service-learning course, called the Health Scholars Program (HSP), was developed and implemented by volunteer medical and public health faculty in partnership with the community-based clinic. The HSP curriculum combines didactic instruction with service experiences at Puentes de Salud and opportunities for critical reflection. The HSP curriculum also includes a longitudinal project where students develop, implement, and evaluate an intervention to address a community-defined need.ResultsIn our quantitative evaluation, students reported high levels of agreement with the HSP meeting stated course goals, including developing an understanding of the social determinants of health and working effectively with peers to implement community-based projects. Qualitative assessments revealed students’ perception of learning more about this topic in the HSP than in their formal medical training and of developing a long-term desire to serve vulnerable communities as a result.ConclusionOur experience with the HSP suggests that partnerships between academic medical centers and community-based organizations can create a feasible, effective, and sustainable platform for teaching medical students about the social determinants of health. Similar medical education programs in the future should seek to achieve a larger scale and to evaluate both students’ educational experiences and community-defined outcomes.

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confidence: 99%

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Training medical students in the social determinants of health: the Health Scholars Program at Puentes de Salud

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Garland²,

Murphy³

et al. 2014

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“…24 Several universities have included distinct educational tracts into their medical education curricula, from, for example, the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine's weeklong pre-matriculation community medicine immersion 25 to programs integrated into the 4 years of medical education. Examples of the latter include the Medical College of Wisconsin's Urban and Community Health Pathway focusing on community-engaged learning 26 and the University of Illinois College of Medicine's Urban Medicine Program that prepares medical students to be able to engage directly with local, underserved communities. 2 These examples are noteworthy because of their explicit focus on improving medical education.…”

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Impacting Health Disparities in Urban Communities: Preparing Future Healthcare Providers for “Neighborhood-Engaged Care” Through a Community Engagement Course Intervention

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It is well known that health disparities exist and that a significant majority of patients who suffer disproportionately from them are lower income, non-white residents of dense, and diverse urban neighborhoods. It is our belief that factors hindering the reduction of health disparities in these neighborhoods are a lack of a framework and preparation needed to engage these communities in identifying specific health care needs. This paper describes one curricular intervention, a graduate level community engagement course, developed within an academic medical center located in an urban setting, that demonstrates promise in effecting change in the extent to which clinicians are able to engage communities and practice Bneighborhood-engaged care^with the central goal of mitigating disparities.

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“…A recurrent theme from Healthy People 2010 and 2020 is to eliminate health disparities [1, 2]. In 2014, although some gains have been accomplished, substantial progress has not been achieved, especially in relation to cancer disparities.…”

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Are We Missing the Mark? The Implementation of Community Based Participatory Education in Cancer Disparities Curriculum Development

Fritz

Naylor

Watkins

et al. 2014

J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

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Objective The Chicago south side, even more so than national populations, continues to be burdened with widening gaps of disparities in cancer outcomes. Therefore, Chicago community members were engaged in addressing the following content areas for a cancer disparities curriculum: (1) the south side Chicago community interest in participating in curriculum design, (2) how community members should be involved in designing cancer disparities curriculum, and (3) what community members believe the curriculum should address to positively impact their community. Methods Eighty-six community members from 19 different zip code areas of Chicago attended the deliberative session. A survey composed of three quantitative and three short-answer content questions was analyzed. Results The majority of participants were from the south side of Chicago (62 %) and females (86 %). Most, 94 %, believed community members should be involved in cancer disparities curriculum development. Moreover, 56 % wanted to be involved in designing the curriculum, and 61 % reported an interest in taking a course in cancer disparities. Three categorical themes were derived from the qualitative questions: (1) community empowerment through disparities education—“a prescription for change,” (2) student skill development in community engagement and advocacy training, and (3) community expression of shared experiences in cancer health disparities. Conclusion The community provided valuable input for cur-ricular content and has an interest in collaborating on cancer disparities curriculum design. Community participation must be galvanized to improve disparities curricular development and delivery to successfully address the challenges of eliminating disparities in health.

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The Urban and Community Health Pathway

Cited by 48 publications

References 7 publications

Training medical students in the social determinants of health: the Health Scholars Program at Puentes de Salud

Training medical students in the social determinants of health: the Health Scholars Program at Puentes de Salud

Impacting Health Disparities in Urban Communities: Preparing Future Healthcare Providers for “Neighborhood-Engaged Care” Through a Community Engagement Course Intervention

Are We Missing the Mark? The Implementation of Community Based Participatory Education in Cancer Disparities Curriculum Development

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