Social Epidemiology | Winter 2023
Collective Care for Health Equity Reflection
DUE DATE: Monday, 3/13 by noon (12 pm) PT
Grading: 20% of the total final grade (35 total points)
Write a reflective essay on an experience or experiences in which you engaged in collective/
community care during the Covid-19 pandemic. Specifically, you need to reflect on how the
collective carene., any support received or extendedõpported health promotion,
collective well-being, and health equity, whether directly or indirectly. Alternatively, you can
write from the perspective of how others extended community care to you, your family, or your
community at any point during the Covid-19 pandemic (even still). There are no right or wrong
answers, but you must provide sufficient detail, explanations, and support
Grading Rubric
Format: 5 total points
wo total pages (1 point), double-spaced (1 point), 12-point font Times New Roman (2
points), 1-inch margins (1 point)
Structure: 30 points
art 1 (5 points): Talk about the type of collective care you or others extended. Make
sure to be as specific (e.g., who did you extend care to, when, in what context, etc.)
art 2 (5 points): Reflect on the impact your (or others’) actions of collective care had on
you and the other person/people.
art 3 (20 points): Explain how the collective care you (or another person) engaged in
could contribute to health promotion, collective well-being, and health equity. You are
required to reference in your text at least two empirical sources (i.e., published
research articles) to help support your explanation. For example, you can reference
material from Week 8 to explain how you believe social networks and ties, perceived or
objective support, or other resources could impact individuals, communities, and our
broader society to promote health and achieve health equity.
o Explanation 1 and empirical support: 10 points
o Explanation 2 and empirical support: 10 points
o When citing lecture material, cite as (Week 8, Lecture 1, Slide 3)
o When citing course readings, cite as you would any in-text citation:
? One author: Molina, 2023
? Two authors: Molina & Garcia, 2023
? Three or more authors: Molina et al., 2023
o When citing outside research articles, cite as you would any in-text citation:
? One author: Molina, 2023
? Two authors: Molina & Garcia, 2023
? Three or more authors: Molina et al., 2023
If you find it difficult to know how to start your reflective essay, below are some prompts
you might consider answering and using to structure your essay around:
rompt 1: Despite pressure from others, when and how did you show concern for others
in your community (however you define community) during the pandemic? How did
your actions make you feel? How do you think the other person(s) felt from being shown
care? How do you believe concern for others contributes to health promotion, collective
well-being, and health equity?
rompt 2: Human connection is a vital force of health and well-being. In particular,
expressions of kindness toward strangers can shape how they feel about themselves and
their perceptions of our world. When during the pandemic did you connect with a
stranger? What circumstances drove you to connect with them, and why did you see
connecting with them as an essential form of collective care? What impact do you think
your kindness had on this stranger and their beliefs about the world? How do you believe
extending kindness to others contributes to health promotion, collective well-being, and
health equity?
rompt 3: Our workplaces, just like other institutions, consist of people at different
levels and intersections of privilege and disadvantage. How did you engage in collective
care in your work environment to support co-workers with fewer privileges than you or
others? What were the circumstances in your workplace that you believed facilitated or
created barriers that prompted you to extend this kind of care? What do you think was
valuable about this action for the person and overall workplace environment? How do
you believe your actions of collective care contribute to health promotion, collective
well-being, and health equity?

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