Healthcare Policy And Health Promotion
Part 1: Healthcare Policy
1. Reflect and describe how to link nursing, healthcare policy, patient advocacy, health reforms, and policy with nursing practice (two paragraphs)
2. Discuss healthcare policy and political actions(two paragraphs)
3. Discuss the impact of nursing mentors/educators during the healthcare policy course.(two paragraphs)
Part 2: Health promotion
Healthy aging is an important public health issue, both nationally and internationally. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes healthy aging as a process whereby all people of all ages are able to live a healthy, safe and socially inclusive lifestyle. Aging in a healthy way is an important public health issue on both a national and a global scale. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines healthy aging as a process by which people of all ages can live in a way that is safe, healthy, and includes them in society.
1. Describe how aging in older adults is accelerated by poverty (One paragraph)
2. Discuss how social determinants of health for older adults are impacted by those living in poverty (Four paragraphs)
3. Make a proposal to improve the social determinants for impoverished older adults (One paragraph)
