Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Importance of Social Determinants of Health in Educating Healthcare Leaders

Authors

• Tashuna Albritton, CUNY School of MedicineFollow
• Miguel Muñoz-Laboy, SUNY Stony Brook
• Umadevi Yokeeswaran, CUNY School of Medicine
• Marlene Camacho-Rivera, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2022

Abstract

As scholars of color and educators in the health professions, we are compelled to advocate for the inclusion of the study of health disparities and social determinants of health (SDOH) throughout higher education to understand, analyze, and effectively respond to healthcare access disparities, including COVID-19 disparities, in Black and Latinx communities across the United States. In addition to our identities and lived experiences, healthcare access disparities and their root causes are woven throughout the courses that we teach in the departments of social medicine, social work, and social and behavioral sciences.

Comments

Published article with DOI: This article was originally published in The Journal of Medicine Access, available at https://doi.org/10.1177/2755083422114176

Recommended Citation

Albritton, Tashuna; Muñoz-Laboy, Miguel; Yokeeswaran, Umadevi; and Camacho-Rivera, Marlene, "Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Importance of Social Determinants of Health in Educating Healthcare Leaders" (2022). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cm_pubs/5