TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural competency in mental health nursing
T2 - Understanding and applying key concepts
AU - Waite, Roberta
AU - Hassouneh, Dena
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - Achieving mental health equity requires that nursing address structures that impede the ability of individuals and populations to achieve optimal mental health. Consistent with calls for structural change, this paper intends to promote structural competency in mental health nursing by applying this concept to the field. The first half of the paper discusses structural competency and key concepts vital for its development, namely, structure, social influencers of mental health, equity, structural justice, and historical understanding. In the second half we apply structural competency to mental health nursing at the educational, practice and system levels and conclude with recommendations for change.
AB - Achieving mental health equity requires that nursing address structures that impede the ability of individuals and populations to achieve optimal mental health. Consistent with calls for structural change, this paper intends to promote structural competency in mental health nursing by applying this concept to the field. The first half of the paper discusses structural competency and key concepts vital for its development, namely, structure, social influencers of mental health, equity, structural justice, and historical understanding. In the second half we apply structural competency to mental health nursing at the educational, practice and system levels and conclude with recommendations for change.
KW - Mental health equity
KW - Nursing education
KW - Nursing practice
KW - Structural competency
KW - Structural justice
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apnu.2020.09.013
DO - 10.1016/j.apnu.2020.09.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 33593518
AN - SCOPUS:85098482733
SN - 0883-9417
VL - 35
SP - 73
EP - 79
JO - Archives of psychiatric nursing
JF - Archives of psychiatric nursing
IS - 1
ER -