##  [NURS 560](/course/nurs-560) 

The Politics of Health Policy (3)

[MSN](/course-programs/msn)

[MN-NP](/course-programs/mn-np)

[MHLP](/course-programs/mhlp)

[PhD](/course-programs/phd)

 

This course is the study of the processes and strategies influencing health and social policy, and the social and political contexts in which policy is created.

### Objectives:

- Critically examine the different theoretical and ideological perspectives from which policy is conceptualised.
- Analyze the social, political and economic contexts in which policy is created and enacted.
- Interpret health and social policy processes in the context of larger social trends and political mandates.
- Examine how policies differentially affect particular populations and shape health and social inequities.
- Identify new directions needed in health and social policy development.
- Critically examine how nurses and other health professionals can influence policy development and implementation. ---
    
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