Overview
- Is based on recent and primary research conducted at the Massachusetts State House
- Features interviews with current legislators and successful public policy advocates
- Includes concrete ideas from actual legislators on how to successfully approach, engage, and get your legislator's attention
- Is a practical guidebook with first-hand advice from local, state, and national advocates in "Notes from the Field" excerpts
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health (BRIEFSPUBLIC)
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
Keywords
- public health advocacy campaigns
- health care reform and advocacy
- racial and ethnic health disparities
- public health policy advocates
- legislative awareness of public health issues
- health equity
- public policy and health
- health governance and diplomacy
- political coalition building
- health law
- effective messaging and communication strategies
- key legislators, stakeholders, decision-makers
- Massachusetts General Court / Legislature
- Massachusetts State House
- constituency
About this book
In the book, the author shares lessons learned from an exploratory study in which key legislators from the Massachusetts General Court (legislature) were interviewed to determine their level of awareness and knowledge regarding health disparities. Racial and ethnic disparities in health are a major concern for citizens, states, and the nation and are important to study and understand to strategically address and eliminate such inequities. Through these lessons, public health advocates gain an understanding of whether and how factors affect knowledge and awareness of health disparities and learn to communicate more effectively with legislators, key stakeholders, and other decision-makers. The brief also features “Notes from the Field" from those working in the "trenches" that highlight different perspectives on health disparities and provide first-hand advice for advocates hoping to close the disparities gaps and create a more equitable nation for all.
Successful Public Health Advocacy is a relevant resource for advocates, as well as students, in public health, public policy, and related fields who wish to gain a better understanding on how legislators gather their health information for policy-making or constituent work and apply this data to develop and implement effective public health advocacy campaigns.
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Book Title: Successful Public Health Advocacy
Book Subtitle: Lessons Learned from Massachusetts Legislators
Authors: Chris Chanyasulkit
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Public Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30288-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-30286-3Published: 14 October 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-30288-7Published: 01 October 2019
Series ISSN: 2192-3698
Series E-ISSN: 2192-3701
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 53
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Health, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Public Policy, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Governance and Government, Medical Law