{"id":325,"date":"2026-04-22T02:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/maenursing\/?page_id=325"},"modified":"2026-04-22T02:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:39:23","slug":"health-policy-brief","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/maenursing\/more\/health-policy-brief\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Policy Brief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Health Policy Brief<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>NURS: 412 Ethics Policy Economics&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1dzBPBElpM7Jri0wTX1VCGspMA3YB-DmLe1xJXzlK4dg\/edit?usp=sharing\"><strong>Health Policy Brief<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Purpose of this Assignment: <\/strong>The purpose of this assignment is for the student to develop advocacy skills. The student will explore a health policy topic from a variety of perspectives, using this information as a foundation for policy development and advocacy. This assignment is designed to help you work in a group to prepare a policy brief which will be sent to a legislator. The assignment engages you in learning about an issue and to accurately \u2013 and in a non-biased fashion &#8212; identify the policy and political issues that are central to that topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Student Approach to Assignment: <\/strong>My group and I approached this assignment by choosing a health policy we all considered very important. We ended up going with H.R. 7394 &#8211; Mental and Behavioral Health Workforce Development bill. This bill focuses on expanding the number of mental and behavioral health professionals in underserved and high-need communities. We submitted a policy recommendation to support and advance H.R. 7394 to Representative Bobby Scott.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reason for Inclusion of the Assignment in the Portfolio: <\/strong>I included this in my portfolio because it shows my ability to think beyond the bedside and address a broader healthcare issue. It also showcases my commitment to advocating for underserved populations and their access to care.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Domain 9 Professionalism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>End of program learning outcome 42: Advocates for professional standards of practice using organizational and political processes. (Domain 9) (9.3, 9.4, 9.6)\n<ul>\n<li>Our health policy brief on mental and behavioral health in the workforce was submitted to Representative Bobby Scott. We proposed a policy-level change to expand access to care, improve community mental health services, and promote equitable health outcomes for vulnerable populations.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health Policy Brief NURS: 412 Ethics Policy Economics&nbsp;&nbsp; Purpose of this Assignment: The purpose of this assignment is for the student to develop advocacy skills. The student will explore a health policy topic from a variety of perspectives, using this information as a foundation for policy development and advocacy. This assignment is designed to help&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/maenursing\/more\/health-policy-brief\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":25119,"featured_media":0,"parent":302,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/maenursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/325"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/maenursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/maenursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/maenursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/maenursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/maenursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/maenursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/325\/revisions\/326"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/maenursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/maenursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}