Health Policy, Advocacy, and Public Education

Influencing policy--public health advocacy and health inequalities.

Advocacy in public health: roles and challenges.

Public Health Management and Policy Education and Training: Czech Republic

The general status of the health care (HC) system in the Czech Republic has been determined by a quite radical and rapid reform process that started in the early 90s. It was shaped by the relatively high capacities of the old Czech HC system and a widely shared willingness to increase HC resources in the first year of the reform. The reform itself has introduced a new system of public health in...

Advocacy 101: getting started in health education advocacy.

Advocacy for the public's health and for the profession are widely recognized as responsibilities of health educators. Increasing emphasis on advocacy by professional organizations has peaked the interest of health educators, yet knowing where to begin as an advocate is, to many, a mystifying process. This article provides basic advocacy terminology, dispels concerns about participating in advo...

Advocacy for public health: a primer.

Public health advocacy is the strategic use of news media to advance a public policy initiative, often in the face of opposition.