Healthcare Policy and Social Justice (NURS 9716)

Nursing · Boston College

This course prepares scholars to influence healthcare and related policies in support of social justice. 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 focus 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.

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