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Social justice in health system; a neglected component of academic nursing education: a qualitative study

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BMC NURSING
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-021-00534-1

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Social justice; Health equity; Education; Nursing; Qualitative study

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  1. Department of Research, Urmia University of Medical Sciences

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This study identifies the main factors contributing to the lack of education on social justice in academic nursing, which include insufficient education content, incompetency of educators, and inappropriate education approaches. It emphasizes the need to modify nursing curriculum content and education approaches, with a particular focus on training nursing educators in ethical ideology and social justice to address these issues.
Background: In recent decades, increasing social and health inequalities all over the world has highlighted the importance of social justice as a core nursing value. Therefore, proper education of nursing students is necessary for preparing them to comply with social justice in health systems. This study is aimed to identify the main factors for teaching the concept of social justice in the nursing curriculum. Method: This is a qualitative study, in which the conventional content analysis approach was employed to analyze a sample of 13 participants selected using purposive sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect and analyze the data. Results: Analysis of the interviews indicated that insufficient education content, incompetency of educators, and inappropriate education approaches made social justice a neglected component in the academic nursing education. These factors were the main sub-categories of the study and showed the negligence of social justice in academic nursing education. Conclusion: Research findings revealed the weaknesses in teaching the concept of social justice in the nursing education. Accordingly, it is necessary to modify the content of nursing curriculum and education approaches in order to convey this core value. Since nursing educators act as role models for students, especially in practical and ethical areas, more attention should be paid to competency of nursing educators, specially training in the area of ethical ideology and social justice.

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