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BACKGROUND: An understanding of the determinants of health is essential for all health professionals to be able to contribute to health promotion and disease prevention. METHOD: This project sought to explore first-year students' understanding of determinants of health through a photograph essay assessment. RESULTS: Approximately one third of the students chose to depict social determinants of health, such as poverty and homelessness. Other determinants, such as individual human behavior, physical determinants, and policy, were less frequently selected. Content analysis of the students' photograph essay indicated two themes regarding approaches they believed could be used to improve equity- Education, and The Role of the Government. CONCLUSION: Given the expectations of health professionals to contribute to health promotion and disease prevention in their communities, the findings from this study provide evidence for the need to develop new teaching and learning strategies to more effectively prepare health professional students for the future. [J Nurs Educ. 2018;57(12):756-759.].
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Bachillerato en Enfermería/métodos , Promoción de la Salud/métodos , Determinantes Sociales de la Salud/estadística & datos numéricos , Estudiantes de Enfermería/psicología , Curriculum , Humanos , Evaluación de Necesidades/estadística & datos numéricos , Facultades de EnfermeríaRESUMEN
BACKGROUND TO THE DEBATE: In December 2004 three news stories in the popular press suggested that the side effects of single-dose nevirapine, which has been proven to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, had been covered up. Many HIV experts believed that the stories were unwarranted and that they would undermine use of the drug, leading to a rise in neonatal HIV infection. The controversy surrounding these stories prompted the PLoS Medicine editors to ask health journalists, and others with an interest in media reporting of health, to share their views on the roles and responsibilities of the media in disseminating health information.