nursing practice is grounded in - Answers advocacy and activism
policy - Answers a course of action anchored in a set of values, public goals, and beliefs about
the best way to achieve those goals
public policy - Answers sets the terms for how society will go about addressing specific
economic, health, and social issues and guides the distribution of resources that influence the
determinants of health and well-being of populations and communities
levels of policy - Answers international, federal, provincial, municipal, organizational, household
political action - Answers the process of trying to influence decision-makers to implement
changes to improve the lives of clients, communities, and populations
policy development - Answers adopting a formal or informal set of rules posed by decision
makers or responsible agencies
policy change - Answers change in status quo
advocacy - Answers involves the deliberate and strategic use of information to change a
decision-maker's perception or understanding, influence the choices she or he will consider in
formulating the decisions, or change the decision making behaviour to favour your interest
media advocacy - Answers strategic use of media to shape public opinion
advocacy works at - Answers structural, institutional, and environmental levels
education focuses on - Answers individual and behavioural change
healthy public policy - Answers looks at the broader determinants of health, ex. universal access
to education
health policy - Answers reflects a narrow, medically oriented, or individualistic approach to
health care, ex. confinement of patients with drug resistant TB
CHNs advocate for - Answers policies and practices that are ethical, socially just, promote
equity, and enable individuals and groups to build and maintain capacity
CHNs challenge - Answers policies and practices that are unjust or unethical, or that
disadvantage vulnerable groups
CHNs identify and collaborate with - Answers relevant partners to advocate and challenge
unjust, unethical, or disadvantaging policies and practices
advocacy, political action, and policy development foundational knowledge - Answers levels of
government, power and power dynamics, policy development process