“Evidence-Informed Health Policy serves as a foundation for policymaking using an evidence-informed model with emphasis on the fact that the best policy is based on evidence. The second edition helps transform students into healthcare advocates who can work collaboratively throughout the policymaking process, preparing them to engage at any policy level in shaping the future of nursing.”

–Keeley Harding, DNP, APRN, CNS, CPNP-AC/PC; and Beverly Hittle, PhD, RN

Assistant Professors and Course Faculty Leaders for Combined DNP-PhD Health Policy

University of Cincinnati

“This book is an essential resource for nurses and healthcare professionals who are engaged or interested in influencing health policy and navigating complex health policy environments.”

–Jacalyn Buck, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAONL

Clinical Professor

Director, DNP Executive Track

The Ohio State University College of Nursing

“This new edition is a valuable resource for those nurses wanting to learn more about evidence-informed health policy, development of such policies, as well as the importance of nurse participation in their development.”

–Jane F. Mahowald, MA, BSN, RN, ANEF

Immediate past Executive Director of the Ohio League for Nursing

What happens in health policy at local, state, and federal levels directly affects patients, nurses, and nursing practice. Some healthcare professionals, though, are intimidated by the complex and often nonlinear policy process or simply don’t know how to take the first step toward implementing policy change.

In the second edition of Evidence-Informed Health Policy, authors Jacqueline M. Loversidge and Joyce Zurmehly demystify health policymaking and equip nurses and other healthcare professionals with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to navigate the first of many steps into health policy. This book translates the EBP language of clinical decision-making into an evidence-informed health policy (EIHP) model—a foundation for integrating evidence into health policymaking and leveraging dialogue with stakeholders.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Extending the Use of Evidence-Based Practice to Health Policymaking

Chapter 2: The Use of Evidence: The Changing Landscape in Health Policymaking

Chapter 3: Health Policy and Politics

Chapter 4: Government Structures and Functions That Drive Process

Chapter 5: Policymaking Processes and Models

Chapter 6: An Overview of an Evidence-Informed Health Policy Model for Nursing

Chapter 7: The Foundation: Steps 0 Through 3 of the EIHP Process

Chapter 8: Policy Production: Steps 4 and 5 of the EIHP Process

Chapter 9: Follow-Through: Steps 6 and 7 of the EIHP Process

Chapter 10: Health Policy on a Global Scale

Chapter 11: Evidence-Informed Health Policymaking: Challenges and Strategies

Appendix A: Resources

Appendix B: Global Examples of Evidence-Informed Policymaking: An Annotated Bibliography