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Authored by highly respected nurse educators, leaders, and scholars, this text focuses on the power of nurses and how they can make substantial contributions to improve the health of all populations. It delivers an in-depth examination and analysis of current issues and determinants of health as outlined by Healthy People 2020 and addresses AACN’s Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice. Along with principles, pathways, and imperatives pertinent to achieving health equity, thetext discusses the evolution of thinking from eliminating health disparities to achieving health equity, and examines population-based and population-specific inequities in health status and outcomes. Highlighting the importance of interprofessional collaboration, it surveys timely initiatives, programs, and professionals—within and outside of the health sciences—who are important partners in efforts toward achieving health equity. Chapters are highly templated to include objectives, key concepts, critical-thinking questions, discussion questions, and resources. Key Features:Focuses on the power of nursing to make substantive contributions to improving the health of all populations Examines principles, pathways, and imperatives pertinent to achieving health equity Discusses economic, environmental, personal, social, and structural factors that impact health status and outcomes Highlights the importance of interprofessional collaboration in achieving health equity Addresses AACN’s Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice Demonstrates key concepts and stimulates reflection through critical-thinking and discussion questions Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers

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Author:   Margaret P. Moss, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN ,  Janice Phillips, PhD, RN, CENP, FAAN
Publisher:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Weight:   0.656kg
ISBN:  

9780826195067

ISBN 10:   0826195067
Pages:   358
Publication Date:   19 March 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Contributors Foreword Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, PhD, RN, FAAN Preface Section I: Policy Issues and Implications for Nursing 1. Introduction: Health Equity Does Not Mean Health Equality 2. Nursing as a Force for Health Equity 3. Evidence-Based Policy Making Health Equity and Nursing Education: Past, Present, and Future 5. Health Equity and Health System Transformation Policy 6. Genetics, Social Determinants of Health, and Policy Challenges Across the Life Span Section II: Population Health 7. The Conceptual Model of Nursology for Enhancing Equity and Quality: Population Health and Health Policy 8. Integrating the Social Determinants of Health Into the Clinical Setting 9. Structural Determinants of Health: An American Indian Exemplar 10. Global Health Equity for LGBTQ People and Populations 11. Veterans and Health Equity Section III: Interprofessional Collaboration 12. Achieving Health Equity: Exemplars in Engaging Global Communities 13. A Health System’s Interprofessional Approach to Impact Health Equity 14. The Critical Discussion of Race and Racism Toward Achieving Equity in Health Policy 15. Pathways to Achieving Health Equity: Exemplars of Community and Intersectoral Partnerships 16. Politics and Law at the Root of Health Equity 17. The Intersection of Health Literacy, Health Equity, and Nursing Practice 18. The Role of Community Health Centers in Health Equity Epilogue Index

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Margaret P. Moss, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN, is a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota. She is currently director of the University of British Columbia’s First Nations House of Learning and a tenured associate professor in the Faculty of Applied Science-Nursing. Janice M. Phillips, PhD, RN, CENP, FAAN, is the director of Nursing Research and Health Equity at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and an associate professor at the Rush University College of Nursing.

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