Social Justice in Nursing and Health Research Credits: 3

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A guided, in-depth exploration of the history, role, and application of social justice in nursing and other health research. Students will be introduced to concepts and theories related to social justice in research and will explore methodologies that are commonly used in research with a social justice orientation. As a class, students will examine the application of a social justice approach to a problem area or population. Individually, students will examine their own positionality related to social justice and will conduct a critical assessment of work in their own topic of research from a social justice standpoint.