1/ The UofSC College of Nursing (CON), including its dean, Jeannette Andrews, who is quoted in this article, has intentionally infused the nursing program with social justice and DEI, according to her own words. Andrews is co-author of a 2021 paper with UofSC nursing faculty describing the overhaul of the CON to expose nursing students to a curriculum that focuses on social justice and DEI through social determinants of health (SDOH).
SDOH are, everything and anything that impacts health, like transportation, housing, microaggressions, nutrition, pollution, racism, voting access, etc. It puts health departments, like SC DPH, in a powerful, centralized role for implementing global policies across our social sectors, funded by taxpayers.