Campaign Shares Tools that Make Public Health Advocacy Easy
Campaign Shares Tools that Make Public Health Advocacy Easy
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Public health professionals are increasingly needed and expected to have a role in advocacy efforts. Imagine you have received an action alert from your local public health association asking you to contact your state senator and urge the lawmaker to support a bill that would raise the legal age to purchase tobacco to 21 years of age. How would you respond to the action alert? Refer to tips and suggestions provided by the American Public Health Association (APHA) Advocacy for Public Health webpage. What strategy or approaches would you implement to ensure effective communication with your state senator on this issue?
PLEASE ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN PARAGRAPHS AND MAKE IT COHESIVE AND TRY TO INCORPORATE THE READINGS BELOW
PLEASE add the links/sites below to the reference list if you use any of these readings and make sure everything is in proper APA format.
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Read “Health Policy, Ethics, and the Kansas Legislative Health Academy,” by Blacksher, Maree, Schrandt, Soderquist, Steffensmeier, and Peter, from American Journal of Public Health (2015).
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Read “Public Health Without Fear of Consequences or Inconsequences,” by Buekens, from American Journal of Public Health (2017).
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Read “State Health Department Employees, Policy Advocacy, and Political Campaigns: Protections and Limits Under the Law,” by Frattaroli, Pollack, Young, and Vernick, from Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics (2015).
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Read “‘We Are Not Really Marketing Mental Health’: Mental Health Advocacy in Zimbabwe,” by Hendler et al., from Plos ONE (2016).
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Read “Examining National and District-Level Trends in Neonatal Health in Peru Through an Equity Lens: A Success Story Driven by Political Will and Societal Advocacy,” by Huicho, Huayanay-Espinoza, Herrera-Perez, de Guzman, Rivera-Ch, Restrepo-Méndez, Barros, and Niño de Guzman, from BMC Public Health (2016).
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Read “Social Movements and Public Health Advocacy in Action: The UK People’s Health Movement,” by Kapilashrami et al., from Journal of Public Health (2016).
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Read “Engaging the Faith Community for Public Health Advocacy: An Agenda for the Surgeon General,” by Levin, from Journal of Religion and Health (2013).
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Read “State Preemption: A Significant and Quiet Threat to Public Health in the United States,” by Pomeranz and Pertschuk, from American Journal of Public Health (2017).
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Read “When Advocacy Obscures Accuracy Online: Digital Pandemics of Public Health Misinformation Through an Antifluoride Case Study,” by Seymour, Getman, Saraf, Zhang, and Kalenderian, from American Journal of Public Health (2015).
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Read “The Role of Public Health Advocacy in Achieving an Outright Ban on Commercial Tanning Beds in Australia,” by Sinclair, Makin, Tang, Brozek, and Rock, from American Journal of Public Health (2014).
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Read “APHA Campaign Shares Tools That Make Public Health Advocacy Easy,” by Wahowiak, from The Nation’s Health (2017).
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Read “Conceptualizing the Use of Public Involvement in Health Policy Decision-Making,” by Li, Abelson, Giacomini, and Contandriopoulos, from Social Science and Medicine (2015).
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Read “Advocacy Coalitions Involved in California’s Menu Labeling Policy Debate: Exploring Coalition Structure, Policy Beliefs, Resources, and Strategies,” by Payan, Lewis, Cousineau, and Nichol, from Social Science and Medicine (2017).
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Read “Accessing Evidence to Inform Public Health Policy: A Study to Enhance Advocacy,” by Tabak, Eyler, Dodson, and Brownson, from Public Health (2015).
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Read “Advocates in Action: Stop Diabetes! Generating Media Coverage: How to Write Letters to the Editor,” located on the American Diabetes Association website.
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http://www.stopdiabetes.com/assets/files/advocacy-center/letters-to-the-editor-tips.pdf
Read “Write a Letter to the Editor,” located on the American Public Health Association (APHA) website.
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Read “APHA Advocacy Tools,” by Hoppert (2016), located on the American Public Health Association (APHA) website.
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https://www.apha.org/-/media/files/pdf/advocacy/speak/161030_apha_advocacytools.ashx
Read “Pressure vs Persuasion: The Overlooked Secret to Winning Your Advocacy Campaign,” by Pearson and Eske, from M+R Strategic Services, located on the American Public Health Association (APHA) website.
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https://www.mrss.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/M+R_Pressure_vs_Persuasion.pdf
Read “Public Health Action Campaign: PHACT Campaign,” located on the American Public Health Association (APHA) website.
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https://www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/advocacy-for-public-health/advocacy-activities
Explore the Advocacy for Impact blog, located on the PATH website.
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http://blog.path.org/series/advocacy-for-impact/
Explore the Advocacy and Action page of the Research!America website.
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https://www.researchamerica.org/advocacy-and-action
Explore the “Tips for Writing Effective Letters to the Editor,” by Dorfman, from Public Health Institute (2015).
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http://www.phi.org/resources/?resource=tips-for-writing-effective-letters-to-the-editor
Explore the APHA Advocacy for Public Health page of the American Public Health Association (APHA) website.
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https://www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/advocacy-for-public-health
Explore the Letters to the Editor page of The New York Times website.
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https://www.nytimes.com/section/opinion/letters
MUST have at least three citations with the page numbers and three references in APA format and all questions clearly answered in paragraphs.(The List of References should not be older than 2017 and should not be included in the word count.) Include at least one scholarly reference and appropriate in-text citations and Address all points on the DQ. One point will be deducted for not addressing each item mentioned above. Remember that presenting some
