POP HEALTH THEORY & METHODS SEMINAR II: INTERDIS PRACTICE, COLLECTIVE IMPACT & COALITION BUILDING

NURSING 432

Exploration of population health nursing principles and practices, public health partnerships, population health advocacy, community health assessment, and identification of health patterns in populations in local, national, and global settings.

NURSING 702

Best practice approaches to health promotion and disease prevention are explored from their theoretical foundations to clinical applications in diverse populations. Content focuses on the study and synthesis of epidemiologic evidence with emerging social, psychological, and biological science to critically examine and propose evidence-based strategies to improve health outcomes, mitigate risk, and reduce disparities at the population level. Epidemiological principles, levels of prevention, population health theory, infectious disease control, and considerations specific to health equity and ethical health promotion practice in populations will be addressed.

NURSING 730

Examines the application of critical social theories in population health promotion when intersectionality, bias, and social inequities are social determinants of population health disparities. Intended to provide an opportunity to apply critical social theories to long-standing population health disparities and contemporary social health problems such as despair, homelessness, and loneliness. Emphasis on the appraisal of intersectionality, bias, and inequities in previous, present, or potential population health promotion strategies to eliminate health disparities.

NURSING 721

Fosters advanced practice competencies and deeper understandings of collaborative practice in population health. Employ structured systems thinking, stakeholder engagement, and interdisciplinary leadership to investigate and address complex issues in population health. Advanced practice competencies to be developed include: structured approaches to systems thinking, community engagement, collaborative leadership, responsive communication, teamwork, multidisciplinary program planning, cross-sector collaboration, and collective impact.

NURSING 725

Explore specialized roles, emerging issues, and current priorities in advanced population health nursing. Analyze novel and emergent population health challenges within context, and consider the unique knowledge, skills, and philosophies that prepared nurses can bring to solution-seeking and interdisciplinary efforts to promote or safeguard population health.