Community Health Advocacy

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-4757-8733-7
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 171 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Health professionals are often confronted with situations that demand change, including a community's inability to access adequate health care, lack of disease-specific prevention programs, or legislators who do not understand economic and noneconomic impacts of a particular disease or prevention. In such cases, advocacy may be required to move beyond the .
This text provides a foundation for the initiation of advocacy efforts and for the evaluation of their success and includes topics such as:

-Specific strategies that can be utilized;

-Grassroots advocacy efforts including actual and theoretical models;

-Formation and development of coalitions; and

-Advocacy efforts in legislatures, administrative agencies, court, and the media.

This valuable text will be of interest to public and urban health workers, social workers, community organizers, and legislators who represent communities in need.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loue, Sana

O'Shea, Daniel J.

Lloyd, Linda S.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Computeranwendungen in der Technik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Computeranwendungen in Wissenschaft & Technologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Defining Community.- Assessing Community Needs and Framing Issues.- Organizing Community Grassroots Activism.- Building Coalitions.- Legislative Advocacy.- Promoting Regulatory Change.- Using the Courts.- The Media.- Evaluating the Advocacy Effort.- Advocacy and Ethics.