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Nursing Ethics Aug 2021This article draws attention to the nature and importance of public policy. It argues that if nurses are to influence the quality of healthcare effectively, they must be...
This article draws attention to the nature and importance of public policy. It argues that if nurses are to influence the quality of healthcare effectively, they must be engaged with policymakers to get nursing care issues on the policy agenda. There is an ethical imperative to do so, driven by the advocacy role of the nurse and rooted in the values base of nursing. In addition, it is argued that if one takes the role of patient advocacy seriously, as core to the nursing role, two things are required of nurses: We must (a) broaden the conceptualisation of patient advocacy beyond the individual patient to the system of healthcare resourcing and provision and (b) see systemic change as important as change at the bedside.
Topics: Health Policy; Humans; Nurse's Role; Patient Advocacy; Public Policy
PubMed: 33231104
DOI: 10.1177/0969733020961823 -
Seminars in Oncology Nursing Feb 2015To review the advocacy initiatives of major cancer-related organizations and coalitions that are working to effect funding, planning, and implementation of care and... (Review)
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OBJECTIVES
To review the advocacy initiatives of major cancer-related organizations and coalitions that are working to effect funding, planning, and implementation of care and services for cancer survivors.
DATA SOURCES
Web sites of cancer-related member organizations, advocacy associations' policy staff representatives, and published peer-reviewed health policy literature.
CONCLUSION
Health care reform creates near endless opportunities for nurses to participate in and contribute to the development of public policy to support meeting the needs of cancer survivors.
IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE
Emerging public policy initiatives, including legislation and regulation created with professional nursing's contributions are most likely to reflect the needs of cancer survivors.
Topics: Female; Health Care Reform; Health Policy; Humans; Male; Neoplasms; Patient Advocacy; Policy Making; Public Policy; Survival Rate; Survivors; United States
PubMed: 25636399
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2014.11.009 -
The International Journal on Drug Policy Jun 2020
Topics: Health Policy; Humans; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Public Policy; Substance-Related Disorders
PubMed: 32439210
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102779 -
Sante Publique (Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy,... Jun 2021Health impact assessment (HIA) is rapidly growing in France. It shows similarities with other approaches, such as the evaluation of public policies (EPP), with which it...
INTRODUCTION
Health impact assessment (HIA) is rapidly growing in France. It shows similarities with other approaches, such as the evaluation of public policies (EPP), with which it can sometimes be mistaken for.Purpose of research: The aims of this article are to identify the similarities and differences between HIA and EPP and to assess the extent to which HPA skills are transferable to HIA.
RESULTS
The two approaches share common features: they are both based on principles and values that structure practice; they produce a judgement at the end of an argumentation process; they follow the same thinking process and use similar tools. However, HIA has specific features that justify the strengthening of skills, particularly in relation to its participatory dimension.
CONCLUSIONS
The two approaches have more similarities than differences due to their evaluative nature. The competences acquired in PPE are transferable to HIA and the evaluator at the crossroads of the two exercises can revisit and enrich his practice in PPE.
Topics: France; Health Impact Assessment; Health Policy; Humans; Public Health; Public Policy
PubMed: 34372639
DOI: 10.3917/spub.211.0047 -
Sante Publique (Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy,... 2022
Topics: Health Policy; Humans; Public Health; Public Policy
PubMed: 36102091
DOI: 10.3917/spub.221.0005 -
Frontiers in Public Health 2023
Topics: Public Policy; Health Policy
PubMed: 37593723
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1227503 -
Frontiers in Public Health 2023
Topics: Public Policy; Public Opinion; Health Policy
PubMed: 37026127
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1166645 -
The Milbank Quarterly Apr 2023Policy Points Public health science regarding alcohol consumption and problems, alcohol's role in equity and social justice, and identification of effective policy...
Policy Points Public health science regarding alcohol consumption and problems, alcohol's role in equity and social justice, and identification of effective policy interventions has grown steadily stronger in the past 30 years. Progress on effective alcohol policies has stalled or gone backward in the United States and much of the world. Because alcohol influences at least 14 of the 17 sustainable development goals, as well as more than 200 disease and injury conditions, reducing alcohol problems should offer a platform for collaboration across public health silos but will require that public health itself respect and follow its own science.
Topics: United States; Alcohol Drinking; Public Health; Public Policy; Health Policy
PubMed: 37096612
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12631 -
The Lancet. Public Health Feb 2023There is a growing body of evidence indicating the arts have a role to play in promoting good health and preventing and managing illness. WHO has called for governments... (Review)
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There is a growing body of evidence indicating the arts have a role to play in promoting good health and preventing and managing illness. WHO has called for governments to take an intersectoral approach, both within and across traditional areas of policy, to realise the potential of the arts for public health. To explore what global progress is being made towards this aim, we present examples of arts and health policy development from diverse government areas: health, arts, local governments, and cross government. These examples, which have been selected from a scoping review of 172 relevant global policy documents, indicate that many health and arts policy makers view the relationship between arts engagement and improved health in quite general terms, although some are investing in more targeted applications of the arts to address specific public health issues. The most promising and concrete commitments are happening when health and arts ministries or agencies work together on policy development.
Topics: Humans; Public Policy; Policy Making; Health Policy; Public Health; Local Government
PubMed: 36709054
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00313-9 -
Harvard Review of Psychiatry 2018This commentary examines the roles that communities and public policies play in the definition and processes of recovery for adults with mental illness. Policy,... (Review)
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This commentary examines the roles that communities and public policies play in the definition and processes of recovery for adults with mental illness. Policy, clinical, and consumer definitions of recovery are reviewed, which highlight the importance of communities and policies for recovery. This commentary then presents a framework for the relationships between community-level factors, policies, and downstream mental health outcomes, focusing on macroeconomic, housing, and health care policies; adverse exposures such as crime victimization; and neighborhood characteristics such as social capital. Initiatives that address community contexts to improve mental health outcomes are currently under way. Common characteristics of such initiatives and select examples are discussed. This commentary concludes with a discussion of providers', consumers', and other stakeholders' roles in shaping policy reform and community change to facilitate recovery.
Topics: Ill-Housed Persons; Humans; Mental Disorders; Public Policy; Residence Characteristics; Social Capital; Social Class; Social Environment
PubMed: 29381527
DOI: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000178