OBJECTIVES: In this article the author describes public health advocacy and proposes a
conceptual framework for understanding how it works. METHODS: The proposed framework …

In the past decades, public health research has focused on categorical rather than cross-
cutting or systems issues. Little research has been carried out on the infrastructure required …

Every day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) focuses the world's
attention on issues that deserve to be in the public health spotlight. Visitors to the CDC Web …

Program evaluation can assist in assessing the conceptualization, design, implementation
and utility of health promotion action. Evaluation of health promotion, with multiple strategies …

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 …

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 …

In 1988, the Institute of Medicine took a major step forward when it defined the functions of
governmental public health agencies as assessment (monitoring the health of the American …

There are many interesting parallels to make between the field of evaluation and that of
health promotion. Both are relatively new areas of activity in the broadly defined domain of …

One of the most difficult forms of public health practice to characterize involves governmental
public health agencies, especially at the local level. A lack of consensus within the public …

The public health community faces major choices in priorities for its mission in a rapidly
changing environment. One option is to place greater emphasis on public health policy …