RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Conceptualizing Social Ecological Model in Pharmacy to Address Racism as a Social Determinant of Health
JF American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
JO Am J Pharm Educ
FD American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
SP 8584
DO 10.5688/ajpe8584
VO 85
IS 9
A1 Nonyel, Nkem P.
A1 Wisseh, Cheryl
A1 Riley, Angela C.
A1 Campbell, Hope E.
A1 Butler, Lakesha M.
A1 Shaw, Trishia
YR 2021
UL http://www.ajpe.org/content/85/9/8584.abstract
AB Racism has been declared a public health crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted inequities in the US health care system and presents unique opportunities for the pharmacy Academy to evaluate the training of student pharmacists to address social determinants of health among racial and ethnic minorities. The social ecological model, consisting of five levels of intervention (individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and public policy) has been effectively utilized in public health practice to influence behavior change that positively impacts health outcomes. This paper adapted the social ecological model and proposed a framework with five intervention levels for integrating racism as a social determinant of health into pharmacy curricula. The proposed corresponding levels of intervention for pharmacy education are the curricular, interprofessional, institutional, community, and accreditation levels. Other health professions such as dentistry, medicine, and nursing can easily adopt this framework for teaching racism and social determinants of health within their respective curricula.