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Policy Brief Paper
Information on policy topics is provided below to help you become familiar with your policy brief topic.
You are not limited to using only these resources for your policy brief.
Selected Policy Topics
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners Advocacy ResourcesState policy maps, position papers, and policy briefs on NP practice
- National Council of State Boards of NursingAPRN regulation, compact, and policy information.
- Florida Association of Nurse Practitioners- Talking PointsPolicy talking points for APRN issues identified by the FANP
- Florida Statue Autonomous Practice APRNDescribes requirements and practice of AUTONOMOUS APRN
- Florida Statue APRN PracticeDescribes license and practice of APRN
- American Public Health Association Policy StatementsAPHA members develop policy statements on key public health topics, from obesity to breastfeeding to control of infectious diseases to eliminating health disparities.
- CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionRecommended interventions for specific chronic conditions.
- Guttmacher InstituteThe Guttmacher Institute monitors and analyzes state policy developments in the United States—including legislative, judicial and executive actions—on a broad range of issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights. Fact sheets provide the current legal status of key issues. Fact sheets are updated as policies change.
- Health Affairs- TopicsSelect a topic from the topic list to see journal articles and briefs about your issue.
Don't see your topic? Use the advanced search box to find information on your topic. - Office of Disease Prevention and Health PromotionPhysical activity and nutrition guidelines
- American Public Health Association Policy StatementsAPHA members develop policy statements on key public health topics, from obesity to breastfeeding to control of infectious diseases to eliminating health disparities.
- Health Affairs- TopicsSelect a topic from the topic list to see journal articles and briefs about your issue.
Don't see your topic? Use the advanced search box to find information on your topic. - Robert Wood Johnson FoundationAdvocacy and Policy briefs
- Internet for AllU.S. Department of Commerce/ National Telecommunications and Information Administration program
State Legislation
- Florida State Legislature (Online Sunshine)Official site of the Florida Legislature. Search Florida statutes and laws. Find bills in the House and Senate.
- National Academy of State Health PolicyThis site has 81 state trackers, covering 24 topical areas including, but not limited to, lower prescription drug costs, state pharmacy benefit manager legislation, Medicaid reimbursement for home visiting services, CHIP, women’s health, and more.
- NCSL 50-State Searchable Bill Tracking Databases45 bill trackers covering but not limited to SUDs; scope of health-practice professionals; public health; prescription drugs; early childhood; maternal and child health; injury prevention; health costs, coverage, and delivery state legislation; and telehealth.
Database Resources
- PubMedFree resource supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature. If you have difficulties logging in to your MyNCBI account, try going to PubMed directly www.pubmed.gov
- CINAHL Ultimate This link opens in a new window
A robust collection of full text for nursing and allied health journals, providing full text for more than 925 journals indexed in CINAHL. It covers more than 50 nursing specialties and includes quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, CEU modules and research instruments. Indexed back to 1937.
- Policy File Index This link opens in a new windowPolicy File Index is a resource for U.S. public policy research. Coverage: 1990 - current
