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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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3260.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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Give participants the basic tools needed to implement a grassroots issue campaign on the state or local level around a public health issue. | |||
Learning Objectives: Give an overview on the different components of putting together an advocacy campaign on an issue affecting your state or community (developing an outcome/goal/message, understanding who is for your issue and against, funding, timeline and implementation) Understanding and educating all parties involved (i.e., Legislative, Media, Community, Coalition partners, Own Leadership, related) Creating opportunities to energize/educate/mobilize your grassroots on the issue/policy/legislation. Implementing and adjusting your plan (city council visits, press statements, town halls, community meetings, grassroots action, etc). | |||
Charles Huntington, MPH, PA Vincent DeMarco, JD, MA Amy Schwartz, MPA | |||
Agenda for a Healthy New York -- Amy J. Schwartz ![]() | |||
Maryland children's initiative: Raising tobacco taxes to save lives -- Vincent DeMarco ![]() | |||
Mobilizing a campaign around a public health issue Charles Huntington, MPH, PA, Vincent DeMarco, JD, MA, Amy Schwartz, MPA, Geofery Wilkinson, MSW | |||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
Organized by: | APHA-Goverment Relations |
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA