A public health nurse is conducting a program on social justice and public health for a group of community health nurses. After teaching the group about this topic, the nurse determines that the program was successful when the group identifies which concept as a component?

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Social justice occurs when a society provides for the overall health and well-being of all people by treating people fairly. It involves an equal societal bearing of burdens and reaping of benefits, and it is a widely held view that social justice is the foundation of public health nursing. Community health nurses who practice social justice have broad and holistic views of health; they have strong convictions that health care is a basic human right and that improving the health of communities is an example of social justice. Social justice ensures the distribution of resources that benefits marginalized populations and holds in check the self-interest of more privileged populations. Impartiality is the goal.

A Public Health Nurse Is Conducting a Program on Social