To Prepare:
• View and read the Learning Resources regarding The Allegory of the Orchard.
• Consider the role of political determinants of health on disparities in health for some groups.
• Consider if advocates should be more concerned with policies that promote equality or equity.
• Explore your role, as a nurse, in addressing these determinants in our policy advocacy efforts.
Post a response detailing the following:
Use The Allegory of the Orchard to discuss how the political determinants of health negatively impact the health outcomes of a group of patients for whom you care. Why are you, as a nurse, the right person to become politically involved in addressing these determinants?
Note: Please use reference
Dawes, D. E. (2020). The political determinants of health. Johns Hopkins University Press.
• “Foreword (pp. ix–xi)
• Chapter 1, “The Allegory of the Orchard: The Political Determinants of Health Inequalities” (pp. 1–17)