3442.0 Public Health Advocacy for Prevention and Wellness

Monday, October 29, 2012: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
Advocacy is a critical competency for health educators and an essential strategy in profession-wide efforts to foster improvements in individual and population health in all settings. This session highlights the public health advocacy efforts of several organizations and provides examples of engagement in advocacy by health professionals and community members on various prevention and wellness topic areas.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe similarities and dissimilarities in techniques used in public health advocacy campaigns. 2. Discuss involvement of community members and health professionals in public health advocacy work. 3. Describe media advocacy approaches to public health advocacy initiatives.
Organizer:
Regina A. Galer-Unti, PhD
Moderator:
Frederick Schulze, DEd MCHES

4:30pm
Choosing your channel: Exploring tools for media advocacy
Lily Swartz, BA, Ann Whidden, MPH, Juliet Sims, RD, MPH, Phebe Gibson, BA and Bridget Kidd, MPHc
4:50pm
Youth Empowerment: Creating a New Generation of Policy Advocates in North Carolina
Bronwyn Lucas, MPH and Meredith Ledford, MPP
     
5:10pm
Bridging the Divide: Integrating Obesity and Tobacco Advocacy to Multiply Impact in Low-income Communities
Suzette Harris, MPH and Charline Whyte
     
5:30pm
A multi-faceted approach to grassroots advocacy and public health policy
Lindsay Bacon, LLMSW

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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