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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Mobilizing a Campaign Around a Public Health Issue
3260.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Mobilizing a Campaign Around a Public Health Issue
Give participants the basic tools needed to implement a grassroots issue campaign on the state or local level around a public health issue.
Learning Objectives: Give an overview on the different components of putting together an advocacy campaign on an issue affecting your state or community (developing an outcome/goal/message, understanding who is for your issue and against, funding, timeline and implementation) Understanding and educating all parties involved (i.e., Legislative, Media, Community, Coalition partners, Own Leadership, related) Creating opportunities to energize/educate/mobilize your grassroots on the issue/policy/legislation. Implementing and adjusting your plan (city council visits, press statements, town halls, community meetings, grassroots action, etc).
Panelist(s):Charles Huntington, MPH, PA
Vincent DeMarco, JD, MA
Amy Schwartz, MPA
2:30 PMAgenda for a Healthy New York -- Amy J. Schwartz  [ Recorded presentation ]
2:50 PMMaryland children's initiative: Raising tobacco taxes to save lives -- Vincent DeMarco  [ Recorded presentation ]
3:10 PMMobilizing a campaign around a public health issue
Charles Huntington, MPH, PA, Vincent DeMarco, JD, MA, Amy Schwartz, MPA, Geofery Wilkinson, MSW
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:APHA-Goverment Relations

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA