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  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Public Health
  • STEM Education

Background:

  • Health Disparities (HD) represent significant community-based biomedical challenges.
  • There is a notable gap in awareness and engagement with HD among Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) professionals.
  • Innovative solutions are needed from STEM fields to address HD.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To increase awareness and engagement with Health Disparities among engineering students.
  • To advance STEM-based Health Disparities literacy in early-career engineers.
  • To introduce HD as technical challenges within undergraduate engineering education.

Main Methods:

  • Health Disparities were presented as technical and societal challenges to undergraduate students in introductory engineering courses (Engineering 101).
  • Curriculum integrated rising healthcare costs, engineering ethics, and the growth of biomedical engineering areas with HD concepts.

Main Results:

  • Student comprehension of Health Disparities challenges significantly increased.
  • The integration successfully linked HD to technical and ethical engineering contexts.
  • The project fostered greater awareness of HD among young engineering cohorts.

Conclusions:

  • Introducing Health Disparities as technical challenges in STEM education is effective.
  • This approach can enhance engineering students' understanding and engagement with critical public health issues.
  • Early exposure to HD within engineering programs can cultivate future professionals equipped to address these disparities.