Healthcare Policy for Nurse and Healthcare Scholars

Catalog description

This course prepares scholars to influence healthcare and related policies. Theories of social justice and other scholarly perspectives are used to explore the interrelationships among health policy and the social, political, and economic determinants of health. Strategies for developing, initiating, analyzing, and evaluating health policies are proposed using students' areas of foci as a basis. The course provides the foundation for leadership in interdisciplinary collaborative endeavors to address health policy at the regional, national, and global levels.