Application: Developing a Health Advocacy Campaign
Application: Developing a Health Advocacy Campaign
THIS IS A 12 PAGES PAPER
To be an effective advocate and to develop a successful health advocacy campaign, you must have a clear idea of the goals of your campaign program and be able to communicate those goals to others. In addition, it is the nature of nurses to want to help, but it is important to make sure that the vision you develop is manageable in size and scope. By researching what others have done, you will better appreciate what can realistically be accomplished. It is also wise to determine if others have similar goals and to work with these people to form strategic partnerships. If you begin your planning with a strong idea of your resources, assets, and capabilities, you will be much more likely to succeed and truly make a difference with those you hope to help.
Over the next 3 weeks, you will develop a 9- to 12-page paper that outlines a health advocacy campaign designed to promote policies to improve the health of a population of your choice. This week, you will establish the framework for your campaign by identifying a population health concern of interest to you. You will then provide an overview of how you would approach advocating for this issue. In Week 9, you will consider legal and regulatory factors that have an impact on the issue and finally, in Week 10, you will identify ethical concerns that you could face as an advocate. Specific details for each aspect of this paper are provided each week. The Final Paper will be due in Week 10. This paper will serve as the Portfolio Application for the course.
Before you begin, review the complete Assignment.
This week, begin developing your health advocacy campaign by focusing on the following:
Identifying a Problem
To prepare:
- Select a population health issue of interest to you and identify the population affected by the issue.( for me it can be either cervical or breast cancer, (young females) or childhood obesity, or prevention of coronary heart disease in the elderly)
- Locate two scholarly articles, each of which provides a description of an effective health advocacy program that addresses your issue. here are some sample articles below:
Miyagi, E., Sukegawa, A., Motoki, Y., Kaneko, T., Maruyama, Y., Asai-Sato, M., & … Hirahara, F. (2014). Attitudes toward cervical cancer screening among women receiving human papillomavirus vaccination in a university-hospital-based community: interim 2-year follow-up results. The Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology Research, 40(4), 1105-1113. doi:10.1111/jog.12288
Sherris, J., Agurto, I., Arrossi, S., Dzuba, I., Gaffikin, L., Herdman, C., & … Luciani, S. (2005). Advocating for cervical cancer prevention. International Journal Of Gynaecology And Obstetrics: The Official Organ Of The International Federation Of Gynaecology And Obstetrics, 89 Suppl 2S46-S54.
Tsu, V. D., & Jeronimo, J. (2013). Accelerating the reduction in cervical cancer: what can we learn from the Safe Motherhood movement?. International Journal Of Gynaecology And Obstetrics: The Official Organ Of The International Federation Of Gynaecology And Obstetrics, 123(1), 1-3. doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.07.002
Giordano, L., Webster, P., Anthony, C., Szarewski, A., Davies, P., Arbyn, M., & … Austoker, J. (2008). Improving the quality of communication in organised cervical cancer screening programmes. Patient Education & Counseling, 72(1), 130-136 7p.
Hunter, J. L. (2005). Emelda’s story: applying ethnographic insights to cultural assessment and cervical cancer control. Journal Of Transcultural Nursing: Official Journal Of The Transcultural Nursing Society / Transcultural Nursing Society, 16(4), 322-330
Bigby, J., Ko, L. K., Johnson, N., David, M. A., & Ferrer, B. (2003). A community approach to addressing excess breast and cervical cancer mortality among women of African descent in Boston. Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C.: 1974), 118(4), 338-347.
