Search Policy Databases
While the Search Everything box on the library homepage is the most common way to search for health policy information, below is a recommended library database for literature on policy topics.
- Database - Health Policy Reference CenterThe Health Policy Reference Center offers publications covering all aspects of health policy, including research, creation, and implementation.
Browse Policy eJournals
You can also browse the following eJournals for articles on policy topics.
- eJournal - Policy, Politics, & Nursing PracticeThis peer-reviewed journal covers a variety of topics and issues in nursing and healthcare policy, including legislation and regulation in nursing practice and the nurse's role in quality of care and patient safety.
- eJournal - Health Behavior and Policy ReviewThis is a peer-reviewed journal that examines topics such as the development, advocacy, implementation, and evaluation of policies around specific health issues.
Explore Policy eBooks
You can find general information on health policy in eBooks. The recommended eBooks below cover various health policy topics, including health policymaking, health policy issues, social policy, and policy impact on advanced practice nursing. You can find additional eBooks on this topic by doing a search for policy AND healthcare on the library homepage.
Health Policy and Advanced Practice Nursing: Impact and Implications by ISBN: 9780826154637Publication Date: 2023Written specifically for APRN students, this book delivers a sweeping examination of policy impact on the full implementation of the APRN role.
Introduction to Health Policy by ISBN: 9781640550254Publication Date: 2019This book integrates an introductory overview of health policymaking with an examination of critical policy-related issues, research and evaluation methods, and international perspectives.
Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals by ISBN: 9781284140392Publication Date: 2020This book discusses how healthcare professionals can prepare themselves to engage in the economic, political, and policy dimensions of healthcare.
Social Work and the Making of Social Policy by ISBN: 9781447349150Publication Date: 2019This book focuses on the influence of social workers in the problem definition, agenda setting, policy formulation, and implementation of social policy.
Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach by ISBN: 9781265905026Publication Date: 2024This book provides everything you need to master the U.S. health care system's nuances and complexities.
