Carlisle, S OR Christoffel, K
What are the three main stages in the framework proposed by Christoffel?
Information, strategy, action.
What is the essence of health advocacy work?
The essence of the work is social change.
Low time intensity methods: Text your members of congress, mailing lists and alerts, social media, phone calls
Where does policy development often occur?
Policy development often occurs in three types of settings: government, public institutions (such as hospitals, daycare centres or schools) or organizations/workplaces.
Define grassroots activity.
Grassroots activity is considered lobbying by the federal government when the public is asked to contact their representative to create, support, or oppose legislation (Vernick, 1999).
What are the goals of representational advocacy?
Advocating for education and behaviour change to improve the health of individuals and groups and thus reduce health inequalities through a lifestyle approach (medical health promotion). Representing the rights and health needs of those unable to speak or act for themselves to agencies and service providers (social health promotion).
Describe "the community as family" approach taken by Avery & Bashir.
The biggest reward of advocacy work is knowing that we are creating shoulders for others to stand on.
List a few more time intense methods of advocacy.
More time intensity methods: letters, attend a hearing and/or testify, participate in advocacy events
Describe examples of negative reinforcement methods in health policy and advocacy for health promoters.
At an individual level would be taking medicine to get rid of pain or illness. At the health promoter level, this may be bringing in other resources to alleviate other challenges.
Define lobbying.
Lobbying, according to federal law, is any attempt to influence specific legislation (Vernick, 1999).
Describe what case level advocacy is compared to cause level advocacy work.
Case: the representation of under-privileged groups, such as those who are disadvantaged or sick, with the aim of promoting their rights and/or redressing imbalances in power
Cause: Seen as a lobbying activity within public health and as such has a long history, acknowledges that barriers to health can lie beyond the control of individuals, and that structural factors need to be addressed if health inequalities are to be reduced
Differentiate political advocacy versus media advocacy.
Political advocacy is designed to win the political commitment required for physical activity policy actions.
Media advocacy. Strategic use of news media to advance the physical activity agenda can achieve increases in awareness and mobilize support for policy changes that will support physical activity.
Name 3 ways an individual can stay up to date with current issues.
Follow the social media platforms of professionals who inform the public about current issues.
Follow the news. Read the local paper (in print or online), watch local and national television news, follow national political news feeds, and listen to radio programs
Listen to podcasts about advocacy, policy issues, health care, or politics.
Set time aside, even just a minute or two a day, to read updates from the field relevant to the issues about which you are passionate.
Describe examples of positive reinforcement methods in health policy and advocacy for health promoters.
Incentives, positive health effects, etc.
Define electioneering.
Electioneering, according to federal law, is any attempt to influence an election (Vernick, 1999
What are the final products of effective public health advocacy?
The final products of effective public health advocacy are reduced morbidity and tnortality.
Outline the three steps described by Shilton around understanding and mobilizing physical activity advocacy.
1. Gathering and translating the most pertinent physical activity evidence. Why advocate for physical activity?
2. Developing from the evidence, a physical activity advocacy agenda and articulating a plan (or plans) of key actions that will increase population levels of physical activity
3. Implementing a mix of advocacy strategies to influence and mobilise support for the physical activity agenda
Define health advocacy.
Health advocacy is defined as “the processes by which the actions of individuals or groups attempt to bring about social and/or organizational change on behalf of a particular health goal, program, interest, or population” (2000 Joint Committee on Health Education and Promotion Terminology, 2002, p. 3).
What is an intergenerational health approach? What does this mean for health promoters?
Taking into account how to support physical activity for all types of abilities and at every stage of life.
List three different intervention model types or theories often used in the health promotion field.
Behaviour Change Theory, COM-B, Theory of Planned Behaviour, Social Ecological Model, Health Action Process Approach (HAPA)
List an example of Public Health Advocacy Participant Roles, in terms of the Proposed Framework
This includes the who (participant), the what (information), the how (strategy and action)
Example - Participant: Coalitions
Information: Request data
Strategy: Public education, Policy focus identification, Bring disparate players together, Work with legislators, Amplify group efforts, Coordinate group efforts
Action: Lobby, testify, get out the vote
Identify the "why", the "what", and the "who/how" in the 3 step model (Shilton)?
Why = evidence
what = The message/agenda
Who/how = the strategy
List ALL the advocacy tips Hancher-Rauch et al., provided. (hint: there are 8!)
Know employer policies around advocacy and lobbying
Save legislators’ contact information in your cell phone
Stay up to date with the current issues
Remain passionate but professional at all times
Work with others
Do your background work
Engage the next generation
Never give up
Describe your ideal health promotion intervention for a particular community. Why did you choose this intervention method or model?
No wrong answers!
Describe social policy reform.
Health promotion work that seeks to redress health inequalities at the level of the social structure and to influence policy making can be categorized as health advocacy for (social) policy reform.