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	AMA (Washington) AMA health care advocacy agenda
		The AMA is aggressively involved in advocacy efforts related to the most vital issues in medicine today.
		The ARC's mission is to enhance and advance the collective state legislative advocacy efforts of organized medicine.
		The AMA offers resources for member physicians interested in becoming involved in advocacy efforts and meetings.
	www.ama-assn.org /ama/pub/category/12842.html (95 words)

	NMHA Position Statement - Mental Health Courts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mental health courts are a highly inappropriate way to treat homeless people and people with mental illness whose offenses flow from their troubled life on the street, and NMHA strongly opposes the use of mental health courts for this purpose or with this effect.
		Advocates need to insist on mental health court standards that assure a non-coercive and de-stigmatizing approach and leave civil commitment as the central standard for the authorization of coercion, when it is needed and justified, not the criminal courts.
		State and local Mental Health Associations are in a strategic position in their communities to influence and guide the development and implementation of mental health courts in ways that safeguard the needs and rights of consumers.
	www.nmha.org /position/mentalhealthcourts.cfm (3247 words)

	Health Access - California Advocates Links
		The mission of Asian Health Services is to serve and advocate for the immigrant and refugee Asian community regarding its health rights, and to assure access to health care services regardless of income, insurance status,language, or culture.
		Through leadership, communication and partnerships, California Health Advocates is dedicated to achieving and sustaining timely, accurate and responsive education and advocacy efforts for California Medicare beneficiaries and the pre-retirement population.
		SCPHA is organized exclusively to improve the health of the people of Southern California by collaborating, educating and advocating with organizations and individuals who share this common vision.
	www.health-access.org /links_california.htm (1902 words)

	Advocating for Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health - Advocates for Youth
		Advocacy is critical in efforts to ensure that adolescent reproductive and sexual health programs are enacted, funded, implemented, and maintained.
		All advocacy involves is making a case in favor of a particular cause (such as comprehensive sex education) and trying to get others to support it as well.
		Advocacy attempts to influence the political climate, public perceptions, policy decisions, and funding to improve adolescent reproductive and sexual health.
	www.advocatesforyouth.org /advocacy.htm (401 words)

	WHO \| Advocacy
		Most health workers are not conversant with modern methods of treatment of mental illness and often do not possess the necessary skills to deal with it.
		Advocacy objectives include, among others: the promotion of human rights of the persons with mental disorders and of their families, and monitoring the life conditions of people with mental illness and their families.
		Through use of partnership relationships with NGOs, WHO is supporting countries in developing the very important advocacy sector, especially the consumer/user and family aspects through the crucial establishment of self help and peer support services.
	www.who.int /mental_health/advocacy/en (483 words)

	Policy and Advocacy :: Mental Health (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Advocacy is an umbrella term for organized activism related to a particular set of issues.
		Advocacy is expected to be non-deceptive and in good faith, though it is sometimes tainted by use of propaganda.
		Political advocacy may be understood more completely when it is compared with economic, religious, or academic advocacies; and when it is contrasted with the features of propaganda and indoctrination.
	www.gourt.com /Health/Mental-Health/Policy-and-Advocacy.html (1163 words)

	Mind > Information > Booklets by series > Mind guide to > Mind guide to advocacy
		Advocacy in all its forms seeks to ensure that people are able to speak out, to express their views and defend their rights.
		Health and social services staff have a ‘duty of care’ to the people they work with, which means that they can’t support you in doing things that they think will be bad for you.
		Advocacy can be helpful in all kinds of situations where you are finding it difficult to make your views known, or to make people listen to them and take them into account.
	www.mind.org.uk /Information/Booklets/Mind+guide+to/advocacy.htm (2520 words)

	Public Health Advocacy Institute
		The Public Health Advocacy Institute is pleased to announce a new journal article on law and childhood obesity.
		Government, public health advocates and the food industry all use the law to alter these influences to further their respective goals, which are often fundamentally opposed.
		The Public Health Advocacy Institute is pleased and cautiously optimistic that the soft drink industry has agreed to stop selling non-diet soft drinks in schools.
	www.phaionline.org (1289 words)

	Latino Health Advocacy - American Diabetes Association
		NAHN is designed and committed to work toward improving the quality of health and nursing care for Hispanic consumers and toward providing equal access to educational, professional, and economic opportunities for Hispanic nurses.
		The National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) was established as an advocacy organization with the primary purpose of improving the quality of life for Latino senior citizens, families, and communities.
		The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs will help to eliminate health disparities.
	www.diabetes.org /for-health-professionals-and-scientists/latino-resources-advocacy.jsp (593 words)

	Advocacy: Reproductive Health
		With access to comprehensive reproductive health services, women are less likely to die in pregnancy, likely to have healthier children and better able to balance their family and work life.
		The United States needs to address the funding gap between current expenditures on reproductive health and what is necessary to meet the needs of women, children and families in the developing world.
		Rajkala's parents attended family health classes in their village, which emphasized the importance of sanitary conditions for childbirth.
	www.care.org /getinvolved/advocacy/agenda/rh/index.asp (541 words)

	BIO 2005 Patient and Medical Health Advocacy Display Participants
		Alpha 1 Advocacy Alliance is a patient focused advocacy, education and support organization serving the patients with education and direct one on one support.
		NCCS is the oldest survivor-led cancer advocacy organization in the country and a highly respected authentic voice at the Federal level, advocating for quality cancer care for all Americans and empowering cancer survivors.
		National Kidney Foundation, a major voluntary health organization, seeks to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation.
	www.bio.org /events/2005/programs/patientlist.asp (1041 words)

	Advocacy, Inc.'s Deaf Mental Health Advocacy Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		With this in mind, the Deaf Mental Health Advocacy Project (DMHAP) coordinator, Mike Collier, Ph.D., is targeting activities designed to improve access to mental health services by people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
		Advocacy, Incorporated's goal is to make each handout understandable by and useful to the general public.
		Advocacy, Inc. strives to update its materials on an annual basis, and this handout is based upon the law at the time it was written.
	www.advocacyinc.org /AC12.htm (643 words)

	APHA: Overview
		APHA is the primary voice for public health advocacy, leading the way to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and striving to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States.
		APHA represents a broad array of health providers, educators, environmentalists, policy-makers and health officials.
		APHA is also working to address emerging public health issues including pandemic flu preparedness, children's health, access to care, environmental health, managed care, public health infrastructure, disease control, health disparities, bioterrorism, international health and tobacco control.
	www.apha.org /advocacy (151 words)

	Child Health Advocacy and Outreach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Talk to Us The St. Louis Children's Hospital advocacy program strives to translate the hospital's advocacy mission into actionable plans and initiatives involving many constituents -- employees, medical staff, donors and families in the region.
		Through various communication strategies, advocacy calls public attention to issues affecting children's health and well-being.
		Advocacy and outreach leaders have dedicated themselves to these endeavors because they know that children's health needs reach far beyond the hospital walls.
	www.stlouischildrens.org /tabid/96/itemid/2391/Child-Health-Advocacy-and-Outreach.aspx (740 words)

	King's Fund - Mental health advocacy
		Advocacy is taking action to help people say what they want, secure their rights, represent their interests and obtain services they need.
		We are interested in supporting organisations that offer one-to-one or representational advocacy in which an advocate (not necessarily paid) supports an individual to obtain the information that s/he needs, explore options and have her/his views heard.
		We are particularly interested in supporting projects with people who have found it difficult to access mental health advocacy services in the past, such as older people or refugees.
	www.kingsfund.org.uk /funding/partners_for_health_in_london/mental_health.html (418 words)

	Health Advocacy Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Health care providers and patients may fail to recognize depression during pregnancy because signs of depression like tiredness, trouble sleeping, emotional changes, and weight gain may also occur with pregnancy.
		Some grassroots health activists however, say women don't need to lose weight as much as they need to stop judging themselves and start embracing their bodies as they are.
		These health advocates say there is something wrong with a society where mainstream magazines peddle razor-thinness, where airlines charge heavy customers for two seats instead of one, and where three of the most popular television shows--"Fat Actress," "The Biggest Loser" and "Fab to Flab"--poke fun at the overweight.
	www.case.edu /provost/centerforwomen/hlthissues.html (3509 words)

	ACU - Oral Health Advocacy Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Carmona charged the public dental health community to seize the opportunity to eliminate oral health disparities and improve quality of life for underserved America He encouraged dentistry to assist the medical community in its efforts to provide holistic health care.
		The Children’s Dental Health Project – CDHP is dedicated to assisting policymakers, health care providers, advocates, and parents improve the oral health and dental care of children and other vulnerable populations.
		Keep America Smiling: 2003 Oral Health Report Card provides a snapshot of oral health in America and is intended to focus policymakers' attention on areas of need in the realms of prevention, access to care, infrastructure, health status, and oral-health-related laws.
	www.clinicians.org /programsandservices/oralhealth/oral_health_advocacy.shtml (977 words)

	Mental Health Advocacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It certainly doesn’t paint a pretty picture, and even within the mental health community, it is not often spoken of, save for a few hushed whispers and furtive glimpses.
		You need help for a mental illness, such as panic disorder or depression, but your health plan doesn’t provide any mental health coverage unless the situation is life threatening.
		That is not to say all mental institutions are the embodiment of evil; there...
	www.suite101.com /welcome.cfm/mental_health_advocacy (501 words)

	Criminal Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project
		The Advocacy Handbook is a tool for advocates working to improve outcomes for people with mental illness in the criminal justice system.
		Indeed, the combined efforts of advocates and their committed partners in law enforcement, courts, adult and juvenile corrections, and the mental health system have sparked a growing, nationwide movement to reduce the overrepresentation of people with mental illness in the criminal justice system.
		This handbook is intended to help advocates in those communities follow in the footsteps of their peers and galvanize reforms that stem the influx of people with mental illness into the criminal justice system.
	www.consensusproject.org /advocacy (387 words)

	Policy and Advocacy Mental Health Health
		- North Carolina coalition of mental health professionals, consumers, families and advocates organized to pursue lobbying and mental health reform initiatives.
		This report was prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services in collaboration with the Department of Education and the Department of Justice.
		Also an educational program for mental health advocacy skills.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Health/Mental_Health/Policy_and_Advocacy (591 words)

	Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP) - Links and Resources
		The Fund is dedicated to helping people become more informed about their health care, and improving care for vulnerable populations such as children, elderly people, low-income families, minority Americans, and the uninsured." -The Commonwealth Fund web site.
		The health of Hmong people is outlined with information on substance abuse, mental health and other health related issues.
		Through research, education, and public policy advocacy, NAWHO empowers Asian Americans to provide leadership for their communities and build coalitions that address the broader social justice issues impacting all under-served groups in the United States.
	www.xculture.org /resource/resources/category.cfm?Category=3 (335 words)

	National Health Council Advocacy Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Both the benefits and concerns related to DTC advertising deserve further thoughtful study in such areas as consumer perceptions and comprehension; the patient-doctor relationship; the impact on health outcomes, and the impact on health care costs based on integrated data and across components of care.
		The National Health Council believes that it is critical that DTC advertising be conducted in a responsible, ethical manner.
		The National Health Council will continue working with patients, health care providers, pharmaceutical companies, government agencies and Congress to make sure that DTC advertising of prescription drugs continues to provide real benefits for patients and their providers as well as manufacturers.
	www.nationalhealthcouncil.org /advocacy/dtc.htm (465 words)

	Chemical Health - Media Advocacy
		Media Advocacy is the strategic use of mass media as a resource for advancing a social or public policy initiative.
		Media advocacy takes an activist approach to media, viewing media as a potential resource which must be aggressively pursued.
		While there may be a role for paid media advertising in media advocacy, limitations of funding make the news media the primary arena for media advocacy.
	www.health.state.mn.us /divs/hpcd/chp/hpkit/text/ch_design_media.htm (152 words)

	Internet Resources for Mental Health Advocacy
		The Coalition is the umbrella advocacy organization of New York City's mental health community, representing over 100 non-profit community based mental health agencies.
		The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse is a consumer-run national technical assistance center serving the mental health consumer movement by helping to connect individuals to self-help and advocacy resources and offering expertise to self-help groups and other peer-run services for mental health consumers.
		This site provides information about mental health for users of mental health services and their families, policymakers, providers, the media and the public.
	mhawestchester.org /advocates/advoclinks.asp (907 words)

	Johns Hopkins University Issues in Health Advocacy
		To learn what media advocacy is and understand its use as a tool for public health advocacy; to learn how to frame a media story.
		To further understand the components of a public health advocacy campaign, including the importance of coalition building and the use of the media; to recognize the use of voter education as an advocacy tactic.
		To understand the role of community organizing in public health advocacy; to gain a sensitivity to the interpersonal issues involved in working with communities.
	www.citizen.org /hrg/activistcourses/hopkins2.htm (1111 words)

	The Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem Health Advocacy
		Kathy Burda, a Registered Nurse and the Parish Nurse at Trinity Episcopal Church, Pottsville, is administrator of the Marion C. Price Trust set up to care for and maintain the dignity of elderly Episcopalians in Schuylkill County.
		Advocacy for persons in the community with mental illness who face obtaining necessary services, housing and employment, for patients at Clarks Summit State Hospital and community psychiatric outpatient units, and to protect the rights of children and adolescents.
		There is also advocacy at the local, state and national levels of government.
	www.diobeth.org /Ministries/healthad.html (1251 words)

	Public Health Advocacy Institute
		The Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) is a lawsuit lounge where food cops and trial lawyers swap strategies to litigate away consumers' food choices.
		The group's chairman, Anthony Robbins, told the Boston Globe that "Public health is more like police work than it is about medical care." According to the American Lawyer, Daynard was called "greedy" by his fellow trial lawyers, after he took them to court for a larger piece of the tobacco litigation pie.
		But he runs the non-profit Action on Smoking and Health, for which he takes a salary and benefits in excess of $200,000 -- on top of his salary as a law professor.
	www.activistcash.com /organization_overview.cfm/oid/444 (2165 words)

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