Health promotion specialists increasingly recognize that to be effective in im-proving the
health and quality of life of citizens, they must incorporate policy advocacy interventions as …

The Institute of Medicine has issued numerous reports calling for the public health workforce
to be adept in policy-making, communication, science translation, and other advocacy skills …

The Partnership for the Public's Health (PPH) supports community groups and health
departments to work together to improve the health of their communities. Each local …

Advocacy skills are essential for the public health practitioner. Recognizing this need, two
statewide public health organizations partnered for a series of advocacy trainings. Outcomes …

Advocacy for the public's health and for the profession are widely recognized as
responsibilities of health educators. Increasing emphasis on advocacy by professional …

Objectives. There is a shift toward a “health in all policies” approach in public health;
however, most practitioners are not equipped with the necessary knowledge or skills to …

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 …

Increasingly, the profession of health education expects its practitioners to effectively
advocate for both health education and the promotion of healthy practices, programs, and …

This article is based on a white paper commissioned by the Directors of Health Promotion
and Education, a national organization representing state health agency directors and …

Health educators should view policy development as a unit of professional practice
analogous to the individual, the small group, the community, and the organization. The …