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Everyone can be an advocate

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014 : 12:30 PM - 12:50 PM

Nicole Burda, MPH , Government Relations, APHA, Washington, DC
This session is designed to help public health professionals gain a better understanding of why advocacy matters, how to get involved in advocacy efforts and offers APHA advocacy resources available to easily engage in advocacy efforts.

Learning Areas:

Advocacy for health and health education
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Discuss effective activities that public health advocates can participate in regardless of their employer and/or profession.

Keyword(s): Advocacy

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I serve as Deputy Director of Government Relations for the American Public Health Association working to advance APHA's legislative agenda and coordinate APHA's grassroots advocacy activities.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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