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Beginning Monday, October 2nd, COM will be hosting the fourth UNE Social Determinants of Health Month (SDoHM). Throughout the month of October, COM clubs will host guest lecturers, student and physician panels, and alternative opportunities for the UNE community to learn about factors impacting health. During SDoHM, students and community members will explore conditions in which people live, grow, work, learn, practice religion, and age that impact individual health, ​while also learning about systems of oppression that perpetuate those conditions and disparities in healthcare. The events will encourage participants to think about how we might affect positive change in our communities and in our future patient populations. Furthermore, throughout SDoHM, students will be provided resources and virtual learning opportunities about the intersections of healthcare and social injustice, environmental racism, and disenfranchisement, underrepresentation, and discrimination in medicine. 

The SDoHM initiative was started in hopes that the COM and broader UNE community would engage in discussions that are difficult but necessary. We also hope that through conversations, reflections, learning (and some un-learning), UNE community members can make a commitment to accessible, diverse, inclusive, and equitable health and wellness. 

Please note, while some of these events are hosted by UNE COM clubs and organizations they are welcome to all UNE community members. Furthermore, some events are hosted by people outside of UNE and to which we have been invited. Please remain open minded in your discussions, learn through discomfort, and always remain respectful. Thank you.

Please adhere to all social distancing guidelines and UNE/ UNE COM policies.