This instructor’s note provides teachers with guiding suggestions to help frame their use of four lesson plans in a teaching pack on “Social Determinants of Health.” The contents of the teaching pack, including lessons and companion materials, are listed below. The teaching pack begins with a teaching guide that introduces instructors to the key concepts related to the social determinants of health as they are discussed in these lessons. The four lessons follow; each may be taught independently or sequentially as a complementary module. In the first lesson, students compare two frameworks for the social determinants of health, then apply a particular health condition to the social determinants framework. The second lesson uses data and images to help students understand, apply, and draw connections among the social gradients that characterize populations and that influence the effects of social determinants on health. The third lesson features a close look at just one situation in which a social determinant of health led to a tragic health outcome. In the fourth lesson, students consider how social hierarchies within a single population influence health risks and potential health conditions. These lessons and companion materials are designed to challenge students to consider the social determinants of health through “real world” examples that bring the concepts to life. Students will learn about the ways broader social factors—such as education, socioeconomic status, and social policies.
Type of Material:
Reference Material
Recommended Uses:
Classroom, homework, individual and team for students. Guide to lesson plan building for instructors.
Self-paced intruction
Technical Requirements:
Internet access
Accessed via a major browser
Identify Major Learning Goals:
These lessons and companion materials are designed to challenge students to consider the social determinants of health through “real world” examples that bring the concepts to life. Students will learn about the ways broader social factors—such as education, socioeconomic status, and social policies influence health.
After completion, learners will:
Identify social factors that serve as fundamental causes of disease (e.g. education, income, and socioeconomic status, among others) and understand the ways they impact population health.• Define the social determinants of health framework within the broader context of global health.• Articulate the pathways by which social exposures exert physiological effects on individuals.• Analyze the impact policy and programmatic interventions aimed at social factors can have onpopulation health.
To become familiar with multiple frameworks for social determinants of health and how each has unique analytic leverage.
To practice applying the social determinants of health to common public health problems.
To explore the social and material conditions in which people around the world live, using the interactive “Dollar Street” tool.
To use population-level data to compare social and health conditions across countries and understand the links between social determinants and health.
To examine the impact of relative social status (separate from absolute social status) on health within a population.
To compare the social determinants of health in a remote, isolated society to those in a more integrated society.
Target Student Population:
College Lower Division
College Upper Division
Graduate School
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Basic computer skills to navigate the learning materials.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
The content is accurate, valid, and reliable.
The material presents five lesson plans about the social determinants of health, which depict reality.
The social determinant lesson plans teach important factors for all nurses to consider.
The content of social determinants of health is general and is needed for every nurse.
Concerns:
The content is dated 2018.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
These lesson plans use learning objectives, and an introduction, and key takeaways to facilitate learning.
The material is presented with clarity, focus, and organization.
This material is concise and short enough to not overwhelming for students.
The material demonstrates good relationships between factors that effect health.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
Teachers can easily access the lesson plans, comprehend them, and apply the material within their work. Clear instructions are included.
The information is presented in easy-to-use lesson plans, which are familiar to educators.
The material is easy to navigate.
The presentation of each concept is clear without distractions.
I found no bugs.
New terms are defined and explained.
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