All Posts:advocacy
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Undergraduate Nursing Students Gain Firsthand Experience in Health Policy on Capitol Hill
Undergraduate students from Georgetown’s Berkley School of Nursing traveled to Capitol Hill in February to participate in the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) Hispanic Health Policy Summit.
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Future Nurse Leaders Acquire Critical Advocacy Skills to Shape Health Care Policy
In June, two executive DNP students and four DNP program faculty members participated in the American Organization for Nursing Leadership Advocacy Academy, a program that educates nurse leaders on the legislative process and teaches them skills to build relationships with policymakers.
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‘Hoyas on the Hill’ Event Highlights Federally Funded Research
This year’s “Hoyas on the Hill” event to celebrate alumni who are members of Congress and work in congressional offices highlighted federally funded research endeavors now underway at Georgetown.
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School of Nursing Graduate Students Advance Jesuit Values Through Advocacy
Deepening their commitment to the Jesuit values of “people for others” and pursuit of social justice, graduate students from Georgetown’s Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (NM/WHNP) and WHNP programs took to Capitol Hill with a mission to advocate for babies and their birth parents.
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Future Physician-Advocates Hone Their Skills During Health Justice Week
As part of Health Justice Week, School of Medicine students investigated social, legal, racial and economic barriers to health in an interprofessional learning environment.
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Georgetown Announces Master’s Program in Addiction Policy and Practice
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Open Letter Leads to Launch of Racial Justice Committee
(July 19, 2020) — As activists across the country protested against racism and police brutality, a group of Georgetown medical students exchanged text messages about how the university should respond. One of them suggested writing an open letter to university leaders. Seventy-two hours later, more than 500 students had signed the letter, which inspired the […]
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Georgetown Global Health Experts Provide Guidance on COVID-19 at Protests
WASHINGTON (June 11, 2020) — As protests against racial injustice continue around the United States and around the world, the Center for Global Health Science and Security (GHSS) has published guidance and social media infographics that are available for free to organizers, governments and individuals to proactively take steps to minimize the risk of COVID-19. The […]
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White Coats for Black Lives
(June 5, 2020) — Members of our Georgetown and MedStar Health communities knelt in solidarity with and support of the Black community during a peaceful nationwide demonstration by health care workers on Friday, June 5.
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Hoyas on the Hill Advocate on Behalf of Patients
(March 24, 2020) — Though the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the focus on the Hill, the purposeful groups of Health Justice Scholars from Georgetown University School of Medicine and Georgetown Law who walked the halls of congressional buildings on March 11 — just one day before such visits were canceled — were undeterred in their efforts […]
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