Advocating for advocacy

Advocating for advocacy in pediatrics: supporting lifelong career trajectories.

As called for by Dr David Satcher, former US Surgeon General, pediatricians should be advocates to address both individual and community health issues. Child advocacy represents actions that promote child health and welfare on a population level, distinct from individual-patient advocacy. Pediatricians could advocate by collaborating with community groups to advance child health and updating le...

Advocating for family medicine.

Advocating for the advocate.

In 1849, German pathologist Rudolf Virchow, regarded as the father of modern pathology, released a report that stunned the medical establishment. His report, commissioned by the Prussian government to investigate a typhus epidemic in Upper Silesia, a poor rural area of ethnic Poles, advocated 4 “radical” recommendations: the introduction of Polish as an official language, democratic self-govern...

Advocating for cervical cancer prevention.

Cervical cancer is a significant health problem among women in developing countries. Contributing to the cervical cancer health burden in many countries is a lack of understanding and political will to address the problem. Broad-based advocacy efforts that draw on research and program findings from developing-country settings are key to gaining program and policy support, as are cost-effectiven...

Advocating for nurses and nursing.

Every nurse has the opportunity to make a positive impact on the profession through day-to-day advocacy for nurses and the nursing profession. In this article the author defines advocacy; describes advocacy skills every nurse can employ to advocate for a safe and healthy work environment; and explains how nurses can advocate for nursing as part of their daily activity whether they are point-of-...