Document Type
Poster
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Embargo Period
10-21-2019
Publication Date
10-21-2019
College
College of Health Professions
Description
Background: There is a need for more education research focused on how to teach social determinants of health (SDOH). Objective: To measure the effect of a modified “Privilege Walk” (MPW) assignment on student awareness of personal privilege as a SDOH, change their attitudes about privilege, and determine if students identified certain SDOH with better privilege. Methods: Junior undergraduate pre-health professionals at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) completed a pre-and post-survey about race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and privilege. Nonparametric tests were used to determine the impact of the MPW assignment on privilege outcomes, particularly related to race and socioeconomic status. Results: Data included 18 matched pre-and post-surveys. The MPW assignment resulted in a statistically significant improvement of 1.5 points in recognition of parents’ education as a privilege (p=0.047). Conclusions: The survey data identified SDOH that students, on average, felt gave them more privilege: disability status, English as a first language, sexual orientation, and parent’s/caregivers’ profession.
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Keywords
social determinants of health, social determinants, ethnicity, attitude, students, curriculum, South Carolina, medical schools, academic health sciences, academic health centers, privilege