Community Health Advocacy

• Main Authors: Loue, Sana. (Author), Lloyd, Linda S. (Author), OỚ"Shea, Daniel J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Health informatics.; Medical laws and legislation.; Economic policy.; Social sciences.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Health Informatics.; Economic Policy.; Medical Law.; Social Sciences, general.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

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 preventi...

Table of Contents:

• 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.