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The Health Educator's Role in Advocacy and Policy: Principles, Processes, Programs, and Partnerships

Nancy Moore Caira, MPH, CHES

Bernards Township Health Department in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.

Sue Lachenmayr, MPH, CHES

Health promotion initiatives across the lifespan.

Jenna Sheinfeld, MPH, CHES

Rutgers School of Law in Newark, New Jersey.

Fern Walter Goodhart, MSPH, CHES

University health services at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Laurie Cancialosi, MPH

Senator Joseph F. Vitale in Woodbridge, New Jersey

Cathy Lewis, MPH, CHES

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Advocacy skills are essential for the public health practitioner. Recognizing this need, two statewide public health organizations partnered for a series of advocacy trainings. Outcomes included an increased competence for such advocacy as providing expert testimony, writing position papers, forging stronger relationships with policy makers, and committing to ongoing advocacy. An increase in statewide initiatives also included a legislative scorecard, development of a model advocacy network by voting districts, advocacy policy for associations, fact sheets for legislators on pending public health issues, a new university advocacy course, and advocacy action by two associations' members to reach common goals. The trainings and subsequent initiatives provide a template for organizations and individuals to build advocacy skills and increase the role of public health professionals in setting state public health policy.

Key Words: advocacy training • public health advocacy • policy development

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 4, No. 3, 303-313 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839903004003015
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