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Using nursing science to advance policy and practice in the context of social and structural determinants of health
1M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova University, Villanova, PA.
Background:
Social and structural determinants of health play a large role in health inequities.
Purpose:
To highlight how nursing science can be used to advance policy and practice in the context of social and structural determinants of health.
Methods:
This paper reports on the author's keynote presentation from the 2022 State of The Science Conference on Social and Structural Determinants of Health presented by the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science. Key concepts are overviewed and defined, followed by examples of two community-engaged research projects with findings that inform practice and policy. The author concludes with individual-, social- and structural-level recommendations as a clarion call for nurses to use research to eliminate health inequities and promote justice for all.
Conclusion:
What we know is, in part, only as good as what we do with that knowledge. When lives are at stake, gone are the days of knowing something and failing to act on that knowledge.
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