Usefulness of a Health Education and Promotion Book Club to Teach About Race and Social Justice. (December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rich, Rebecca
• Other Names: Bentley Kelly M. guest-editor.; Fortune Deborah guest-editor.; Rooks Ronica guest-editor.; Walter Gayle guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Pedagogy in health promotion. Volume 7:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: 327
• Page End: 330
• Publication Date: 2021-12
• Subjects: social justice -- undergraduate public health education -- teaching and learning; Health promotion -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Health education -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Public health -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 613.071
• DOI: 10.1177/23733799211043142
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2373-3799

Abstract

Emphasizing the value of utilizing both facts and stories to teach and learn about health, race, and social justice, this reflection makes a case for using The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Well: What We Need to Talk About When We Talk About Health to create a dialogue with undergraduate health education students. The unique combination of facts and stories that the two books provide sparked conversations from which both my students and I were grateful to learn.