Nurses Responsibility

Nurses’ Responsibility in Health Policy Influence
Nurses promote healthy policy modification to control childhood obesity by supporting government initiatives to encourage treatment and prevention of obesity. Nurses in community or public health settings may be the best-positioned healthcare professionals to take action on the promotion or protection policies aimed at the prevention of childhood obesity. These nurses are likely to have an influence in the development of programs and policies that impact childhood obesity prevention. A prevention intervention for childhood obesity may be part of a health promotion strategy or a protection strategy. An example of a health promotion strategy is the increase of physical activity for children by