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. 2022 Nov-Dec;70(6 Suppl 1):S48-S58.
doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2022.02.013. Epub 2022 Apr 30.

Better together: Coalitions committed to advancing health equity

Sharron J Crowder  1 , Andrea L Tanner  2 , Martha A Dawson  3 , Irene C Felsman  4 , Susan B Hassmiller  5 , Lisa C Miller  6 , Susan C Reinhard  7 , Debra A Toney  8
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Better together: Coalitions committed to advancing health equity

Sharron J Crowder et al. Nurs Outlook. 2022 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 report identifies coalitions as a driving force for advancing health equity. Five coalitions provided insight into their accomplishments, lessons learned, and role in advancing health equity. The exemplar coalitions included Latinx Advocacy Team and Interdisciplinary Network for COVID-19, Black Coalition Against COVID, Camden Coalition, National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations, and The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. While all exemplar coalitions, credited relationship building and partnerships to their success, they used unique strategies for striving to meet their populations' needs, whether the needs arose from COVID-19, racial and/or ethnic disparities, socioeconomic disparities, or other barriers to health. Research and policy implications for coalitions are discussed. Nurses play a critical role in every highlighted coalition and in the national effort to make health and health care more equitable.

Keywords: Coalitions; Future of Nursing; Health equity; Nursing; Partnerships.

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