Full Description
Advocacy has become a key part of public health degree programs across the country. Many programs have added policy and advocacy courses into curricula in response to new emphases in accreditation requirements, yet few public health textbooks comprehensively cover the advocacy skills that health professionals need to effect change.
Be the Change is an affordable introductory resource on public health advocacy, policy, and community organizing for both undergraduate and graduate students within the health and social sciences. Using a conversational and reader-friendly style, the authors draw on their experience as diverse advocates and practitioners in the field to synthesize the purpose, strategies, and tactics used in successful advocacy campaigns in public health. In each chapter, they highlight case studies of actual advocacy campaigns alongside concrete strategic recommendations for implementing change at the local, state, and federal levels. Full of useful stories and advice, Be the Change amplifies the important advocacy work happening around the United States, from traditional health organizations to grassroots community activists, and provides readers with the tools and inspiration to put advocacy into practice every day.
Contents
Foreword by Angela Glover Blackwell
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
Contributors
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 - Why Advocacy and Policy Matter
Jody Early and Keely Rees
Advocacy Spotlight: Ryan White
CHAPTER 2 - Advocacy Terminology: Talking the Talk
Heidi Hancher-Rauch and Jodi Brookins-Fisher
CHAPTER 3 - Everyday Opportunities for Advocacy
Keely Rees, Amy J. Thompson, and Emily Whitney
Advocacy Spotlight: Sara Finger
CHAPTER 4 - Advocacy: An Essential Skill for Health Education Specialists
Kathleen G. Allison, Dianne Kerr, and Amy Hedman-Robertson
Advocacy Spotlight: Tyler G. James
CHAPTER 5 - Ethics of Public Policy Frameworks: Systems and Environmental Change
Sara Finger and E. Lisako J. McKyer
Advocacy Spotlight: Willem Van Roosenbeek
CHAPTER 6 - The Policy Process
Cicily Hampton
CHAPTER 7 - Policy Arenas
Cicily Hampton
CHAPTER 8 - Advocating for Health Equity
Holly Mata, Kristen Hernández Ortega, and Aditi Srivistav Bussells
Advocacy Spotlight: Dr. Alister Martin and Vot-ER
Advocacy Spotlight: Evelyn Garcia Thomas and Daniela Marquez
CHAPTER 9 - Advocacy Strategies
Alexis Blavos and Holly T. Moses
Advocacy Spotlight: Mikka Nyarko
CHAPTER 10 - Partnerships and Coalition Building for Advocacy
Jean M. Breny, Breanna De Leon, and Elizabeth J. Schwartz
Advocacy Spotlight: Victoria Breckwich Vásquez
CHAPTER 11 - Community Organization
Jennifer Disla and Molly Fleming
Advocacy Spotlight: Jennifer Disla
CHAPTER 12 - Media Advocacy and Social Marketing
Christina Jones and Julie Colehour
CHAPTER 13 - Evaluation in Public Health: An Essential Skill
Anders Cedergren and Montrece McNeill Ransom
CHAPTER 14 - Advocacy for the Long Haul
Jody Early and Selina A. Mohammed
Index
