Studies from University of Washington Yield New Information about Health Policy (Creating academic structures to promote nursing’s role in global…

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Studies from University of Washington Yield New Information about Health Policy (Creating academic structures to promote nursing's role in global health policy)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Current study results on Health Policy have been published. According to news reporting originating from Seattle, Washington, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "We highlight key components of emerging academic structures in global health nursing and explain how this investment can expand nursing's broader engagement in global health policy development. Engaging nursing in global health policy development is vital to ensure the scale-up of effective health programmes."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Washington, "Globally, nurses promote development of interprofessional healthcare teams who are responsible for translating sound global health policy and evidence-based programming into practice. However, the role of nurses within policy forums and on influential decision-making bodies within the global health space remains limited, which reinforces suboptimal global health policy implementation. Investment in globally engaged academic structures is an important way to expand participation of nursing in global health policy development. A review of the current knowledge and substantive findings related to academic structures promoting global health nursing was conducted, and included a directed search of institutional websites, related grey and peer-reviewed literature, and communication with top-tier schools of nursing in the United States, to identify specific developments in global health nursing academic structures. Effective academic structures promoting global health nursing include a framework of four critical components -Research, Education, Policy and Partnership. Academic structure type and core activities vary depending on institutional priorities."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Increasingly, global health research, driven by individual nursing investigators, is expanding; however, in order to translate these advances into expanded involvement in global health policy development, academic structures within schools of nursing need to systematically expand educational opportunities, bolster research capacity and promote partnership with policymakers."

For more information on this research see: Creating academic structures to promote nursing's role in global health policy. International Nursing Review, 2017;():. (Wiley-Blackwell - www.wiley.com/; International Nursing Review - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1466-7657)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting S. Gimbel, Family and Child Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States. Additional authors for this research include P. Kohler, P. Mitchell and A. Emami (see also Health Policy).

Keywords for this news article include: Seattle, Washington, Legislation, United States, Health Policy, North and Central America.