Nursing Leaders Driving Health Equity: Tackling Social and Structural Determinants

Gaps in healthcare delivery and health outcomes are wide, persistent, and increasing in communities throughout the United States--especially among historically underrepresented and excluded groups. Addressing the systemic challenges of structural racism, political conflict, social unrest, and climate change requires interdisciplinary collaboration and consideration of the social and structural determinants of health (SSDH).

Nursing Leaders Driving Health Equity: Tackling Social and Structural Determinants is the first comprehensive guide to integrate SSDH into nursing and interdisciplinary programs, curricula, and practice to combat the complex factors impacting health equity. Case studies and practical advice from experienced nursing educators, administrators, and practitioners provide a framework for the development, integration, discussion, and assessment of SSDH in teaching, learning, and practice environments.

This empowering, easy-to-use guide helps you:

• Design effective educational strategies integrating SSDH into existing curricula and prepare students to address the social challenges impacting their patients' health outcomes.
• Develop holistic and sustainable infrastructures, policies, and workflows focusing on identification of patients who need referrals for intervention and evaluation for outcomes related to SSDH.
• Apply research and evidence-based practice related to SSDH to help identify patients with unmet needs and refer them to community resources and support services.
• Implement guidelines that support the integration of SSDH into healthcare practice.

"This comprehensive and thoughtful book provides valuable resources for educators, administrators, and practitioners within the healthcare professions and beyond, and offers opportunities to employ a continuous systematic evaluation to advance the work of social justice."

-Patricia A. Sharpnack, DNP, RN, CNE, NEA-BC, ANEF, FAAN
Chair, National League for Nursing
Dean and Strawbridge Professor
Ursuline College, Breen School of Nursing and Health Professions
Pepper Pike, Ohio