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Emphasizing the need to integrate and teach sociocultural determinants of health in undergraduate nursing curricula.

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Sociocultural determinants affect health and illness experiences, care choices, and preferences of patients. Nursing curricula include limited content about sociocultural determinants of health in clinical courses. Nevertheless, nursing students must… Click to show full abstract

Sociocultural determinants affect health and illness experiences, care choices, and preferences of patients. Nursing curricula include limited content about sociocultural determinants of health in clinical courses. Nevertheless, nursing students must be prepared to understand the complexities of nursing practice beyond acute care and to examine the influence of sociocultural determinants and their linkages to health behaviors of various patient populations. The purpose of this discussion is to emphasize the need for greater integration and teaching of social determinants of health in undergraduate nursing curricula.

Keywords: health undergraduate; determinants health; sociocultural determinants; nursing curricula; health

Journal Title: Nurse education today
Year Published: 2021

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