Health inequities remain persistent across health care systems, reflecting deeply embedded structural, social, and political determinants of health [1,2]. Health justice has emerged as a framework that explicitly addresses these structural inequities by centering community power, equity, and systemic reform [3,4]. Clinical social workers practicing in health care settings are uniquely positioned to operationalize health justice through direct clinical intervention, organizational advocacy and policy engagement [5,6].

This manuscript expands upon existing health justice scholarship by aligning health justice principles with the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) competencies and NASW Code of Ethics [7,8].