فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Social health is considered as an important part of good health both individuallyand socially. The purpose of this study was to examine the content of the official medical sciencescurriculum in undergraduate degrees from a social health perspective.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This qualitative content analysis study was conducted in 2019at the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences using a deductive approach based on Hsieh andShannon's directed content analysis. For this purpose, official curricula in the fields of Public Health,Occupational Health, Environmental Health, Nursing, Midwifery, Nutrition Sciences, and HealthServices Management were analyzed using MAXQDA 12.RESULTS: The results showed that a total of 136 codes related to the components of social healthwere identified in the topics of undergraduate medical sciences majors. Most to least relevanttopics belonged to the fields of Public Health (61 codes), Midwifery (22 codes), Nursing (16 codes),Occupational Health (12 codes), Environmental Health and Nutrition Sciences (each 10 codes), andHealth Services Management (5 codes), respectively. Among the components of social health, only thecomponent related to access to insurance and health services was mentioned in all seven disciplines.However, the components of poverty and inequality were only included in three disciplines (PublicHealth, Nursing, Midwifery).CONCLUSION: Regarding insufficient focus on social health in curricula, revision of educationalcurricula is suggested from the perspective of social health, particularly in areas such as povertyand inequality, unemployment, population, violence, and gender discrimination.