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Center for Health Equity & Preparedness

Goals

The goals of the Center are to create an infrastructure to contribute to social justice in nursing and public health preparedness through education, practice, research and policy, and help develop the next generation of experts. The Center will focus on four areas:

Develop a PhD concentration in public health emergency preparedness and create opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, e.g. special topics and programs of research and other types of engagement.
Build opportunities for internships, practicums and other practice experiences.
Organize and establish opportunities for infrastructure and collaboration on research projects that focus on social justice in nursing and public health preparedness.
Design opportunities for policy engagement at local, state, regional, national and global levels.

Principles

Access to Resources

To have access to resources during a disaster or public health emergency is an important principle of social justice and refers to the extent to which different socioeconomic groups receive equal access. Resources may include services for individuals, such as healthcare, food, shelter, childcare and education.

Equity

Through equity individuals are given tools specific to their needs and socioeconomic status in order to move towards similar outcomes during disasters and public health emergencies, such as disaster case management.

Participation

Encourage individual and communities to have a voice and express their opinions and concerns, and encourage self-determination in their preparedness and recovery from disasters and public health emergencies.

Diversity

We value cultural differences and believe they are especially important because policymakers are often better able to construct policies that take into consideration differences that exist among different groups.