Exploring public health education's integration of critical race theories: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Public health has declared a commitment toward diversity as a whole, with a commitment toward addressing and dismantling racism being at the forefront. Although public health has admirably taken on this mission, and the foundational principles of public health align with social justice and health equity, public health as a discipline is vastly behind other fields in integrating and utilizing critical race theorizations. Of particular concern is the lack of critical race theorization within public health education materials. Public health education serves as a precursor to public health practice and situates topics and competencies that are essential to one's foundational public health knowledge and skillset, thus the use of strong theoretical groundings is critical in

SUBMITTER: Collins SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10140291 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature