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Session: Working with Youth and Adults to Develop and Evaluate Advocacy Action Plans for a Tobacco-free Society
2019.0: Sunday, November 05, 2006: 2:30 PM-6:00 PM
CE Hours: 3 contact hours
Working with Youth and Adults to Develop and Evaluate Advocacy Action Plans for a Tobacco-free Society
Statement of Purpose and Institute Overview:
The purpose of this Institute is to present a half-day workshop on developing advocacy skills as a tobacco control strategy and evaluating the success of community advocacy programs. The presenter teaches advocacy skills to MPH students at The George Washington University and recently completed a four year evaluation of a National Education Association Health Information youth advocacy program to promote a tobacco free society. She developed reliable insruments for evaluating youth advocacy and will discuss appropriate outcome measures for advocacy programs. Participants will review advocacy models for youth and adults and discuss how to use these models in their communities. Health promoters who work with youth and/or adults will learn a model for creating and evaluating programs that promote a tobacco free society. Participants will develop advocacy action plans appropriate for mobilizing groups to act for change in their communities.
2:30 PM - 2:40 PMIntroductory Remarks
2:40 PM - 3:10 PMPresentation & discussin of the state of the art of advocacy as a tobacco control strategy for youth & adult groups * [ Recorded presentation ]
Caroline H. Sparks, PhD, Meg LaFontaine, MPH Candidate
3:10 PM - 3:30 PMDiscussion of advocay vs lobbying: C. Sparks
3:30 PM - 4:15 PMSmall group development of advocacy action plans for use with various age groups in participants' communities
Caroline H. Sparks, PhD
4:15 PM - 4:35 PMBreak
4:35 PM - 5:20 PMGroup critique & discussion of advocacy plans
Caroline H. Sparks, PhD
5:20 PM - 5:50 PMEvaluation: C. Sparks
5:50 PM - 6:05 PMPresentation & discussion of expected outcomes for advocacy programs, discussion of advocacy measurement challenges, with examples of the psychometrics of measurement instruments in current use
Caroline H. Sparks, PhD
Organized by:APHA-Continuing Education Institutes
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA