consumer advocacy

..Public health advocacy is the strategic use of news media to advance a public policy initiative, often in the face of opposition...

..What should be advocated? 3. Implementing a mix of advocacy strategies to influence and mobilise support for the physical activity agenda. How should advocacy be implemented?..

..Professional preparation programs and continuing education opportunities should focus on advocacy, public policy development, and removing barriers to action...

..This program faced unique challenges since the advocates both worked and lived in the same setting. However, confronting and resolving these issues ultimately enhanced the quality of the program...

..7% and 87.3%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Our results support continued participation of consumers in our peer review process. The DOD program can serve as a model for other research programs considering consumer involvement...

..The case study demonstrates the value of a well-planned campaign and including public health advocacy in public health practice, as an important strategy to facilitate the creation of healthy environments through healthy public policy...

..Now is the time for public health to create healthier homes by confronting substandard housing...

..Factual refutational strategies alone are unlikely to counter the highly rhetorical appeals that shape these sites...

..Client-focused services were developed using an empowerment model of case management and by the addition of consumer advocates...

..Systematic analysis of these experiences yields insights that can guide the development of health policies that increase opportunities for primary prevention by discouraging harmful corporate practices...

..However, policies tailored to their commercial purpose are not necessarily beneficial either for patients or the society at large...

..A compendium of highly accessible resources is also provided. Finally, this article provides motivation for the beginning advocate...

..The trainings and subsequent initiatives provide a template for organizations and individuals to build advocacy skills and increase the role of public health professionals in setting state public health policy...

..Part 2 presents some observations about the basic structure and process that have implications for advocates. Part 3 translates these observations into concrete strategies for effective advocacy...

..To describe how content analysis of the news assists media advocates...

..The Delta States Stroke Consortium members propose that together these domains and activities define a structure to guide interventions to reduce the public health burden of stroke in this region...

..While litigation can be effective, media attention and current political discourse on "tort reform" has engendered a set of legislative actions that would foreclose litigation as a public health strategy...

..Understanding the lessons of tobacco can save public health advocates much time and many resources and thus allow tobacco litigation to benefit public health in new ways...

..Yet little is known about practicing physicians' attitudes about or the extent to which they participate in public roles, which we defined as community participation, political involvement, and collective advocacy...

..Social movements have emerged that are developing alternative projects and showing that, when the base is solidarity, "another world is possible."..

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..This Article proposes legal solutions to the plight of the patient-as-consumer and asks what that plight tells us about market solutions to the health-care quandary...

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..It analyzes the role of health professionals, government, and advocacy groups in these campaigns and assesses the implications of this domain for health education practice and research...

..The difference in policy conditions seems to offer contrasting opportunities for advocates in the two countries to use newspapers to promote helpful tobacco control messages for both behavior and policy change...

..In 1999 and 2000, tobacco use declined in Mississippi, even compared to neighboring states. This unique partnership's multifaceted approach to social change probably facilitated this decline...

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..This article is based on Washington's writings and materials found in the National Archives and Records Administration at College Park, Maryland...

..Specific actions to initiate and influence healthy welfare policy reformulation are presented...

..The article describes how various states and private initiatives have acted to increase access to affordable outpatient prescription drugs for seniors...

..Finally, the paper offers a systematic defense of MSEHPA, which has galvanized the public debate around the appropriate balance between public goods and individual rights...

..Implications for social work policy practice, research, and education for advancing social justice within the federal system of government are explored...

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..Social workers can and should take the lead and become significant actors in state policy development...

..The proposed changes are intended to stimulate discussion and an exchange of ideas needed to maintain Social Work's relevance and integrity in the evolving health care delivery system...

..This article reviews the connection between public health and the built environment and then describes the legal pathways for improving the design of our built environment...

..It is recommended that public resources be provided to involve the public in deliberations about population health promotion issues related to the wicked problem of health inequities...

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..This controversy is in large part due to efforts by some state and local governments and activist groups to play a more central role in a decision making process that was once fully controlled by the US Army...

..To identify the goals and methods for medical education about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit (ICU)...

..g., providers, community advocates) adopted to help overcome them...

..and health care professionals); and (d) make recommendations to parents, educators, service providers, and consumer advocacy organizations about their roles in reducing the risk of abuse for youth and adults who use AAC...

..strategies are needed among the public health, primary care practice, referral/specialty service, and consumer advocacy communities to provide continuity of information required for medical decision-making throughout prenatal, ..

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..The survey was mailed to members of two breast cancer consumer advocacy groups, and assessed type of therapy used, reasons for use, and sources of information about complementary ..

..Evaluators-scientists, universities, and medical professionals-are the most trusted. Watchdogs-consumer advocacy organizations, environmental organizations, and media sources-are moderately trusted...

b>Consumer advocacy has emerged as an important factor in mental health policy during the past few decades...

..Trends in team regionalization, quality assurance, outcomes research, and consumer advocacy are reviewed...

The aim of the present paper was to describe the development of a consumer advocacy program within the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney (NSW, Australia).

..Despite the existence of a consumer advocacy organization, the "Intentional Paruresis Association (www.paruresis...

..Both consumers and quality experts have raised concerns about the quality of information on the Web and the ability of consumers to find accurate information that meets their needs...

..Method: All printed brochures from patient and consumer advocacy groups, physician and governmental organisations, health insurances, and pharmaceutical companies were ..

..professional associations, government and accrediting agencies, legislators, regulators, payers, and consumer advocacy groups have advanced the prevention of healthcare-associated infections as a national imperative, ..

..The safety profile of this drug has been widely discussed in the medical and consumer advocacy communities...

..professional associations, government and accrediting agencies, legislators, regulators, payers, and consumer advocacy groups...

..groups: health care providers, regional government health care purchasers, general practitioners and consumer advocacy agencies...

..Dissatisfied consumer advocacy groups are calling for all foods involving GM technology to be labelled, irrelevant of whether the final ..

..Despite substantial regulatory oversight, quality of care in nursing homes remains problematic. This article assesses strategies for improving quality of care in these facilities...

..restrictions on either drug availability or physician choice are vigorously opposed by professional and consumer advocacy groups as well as by industry, and excessively restrictive approaches could unintentionally reduce access to ..

Almost 2 million breast cancer survivors reside in the United States. An increase in consumer advocacy and media attention to this disease has helped bring breast cancer survivorship to the forefront of public attention...

..organizations, medical journals, continuing medical education, scientific researchers, media experts, and consumer advocacy organizations...

..The World Alliance set out to develop an International Classification for Patient Safety (ICPS) to address this, and to test the relevance and acceptability of the draft ICPS and progressively refine it prior to field testing...

..The model can be used to assess targets for quality improvement intervention in social services practice settings...

..Disorders in Newborns and Children (ACHDGDNC) will impact decisions about NBS panels and professional and consumer advocacy will play an important role in deciding the directions in which NBS programs move...

..The heterogeneity of sponsors, ranging from federal agencies to consumer advocacy and support groups- and their agendas-results in differences of quality, depth of content, and suitability ..

..The TDM Plan of Research is presented and reflects the collaboration between stakeholders and the integration of consumer advocacy, clinical practice, education, policy, and research in various countries.

..resources covered in this article include: clearinghouses; government agencies; federal legislative and legal sites; and home pages of professional and trade associations, policy research institutes, and consumer advocacy organizations.

..However, lack of agreement on the goal and meaning of this policy curtails evaluation and development of patient involvement programs...

..To assess whether media advocacy activities implemented by the Florida Tobacco Control Program contributed to increased news coverage, policy changes and reductions in youth smoking...

..DAOs also participate in other aspects of clinical research, including subject recruitment. Future studies should seek to characterize these research partnerships more fully...

..The analysis found that victim cooperation after arrest coupled with services provided by shelter court advocates were a strong predictor of victim cooperation at disposition and case outcome...

..Cancer is a leading cause of mortality in the US Associated Pacific Island Nations (USAPIN) due to few resources for prevention, screening, and treatment...

..Comprehensive Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Boston University and Y- Me (a national consumer advocacy organization)...

..Comprehensive Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Boston University and Y- Me (a national consumer advocacy organization)...

..The target audience is health consumer advocacy groups interested in integrating understanding and interpretation of evidence-based healthcare (EBHC) into ..

..expertise and experience in genetic screening, ethics, public health, economics, law, public policy, and consumer advocacy. The group will hold four meetings to explore the key issues in the identified areas, using four genetic ..

..e., being a CMHS System of Care site, level of poverty, urban/rural, presence of consumer advocacy, history of collaboration) moderate the hypothesized intervention effect...

..e., being a CMHS System of Care site, level of poverty, urban/rural, presence of consumer advocacy, history of collaboration) moderate the hypothesized intervention effect...

..e., being a CMHS System of Care site, level of poverty, urban/rural, presence of consumer advocacy, history of collaboration) moderate the hypothesized intervention effect...

..This application will provide support for the institutionalization of these efforts at the University that educates more researchers and professionals involved in urban health than any university in the nation. ..

..This sub-study will also be used to tailor the intervention tested in this proposal for adolescent females. ..

..We will examine the associations between staffing levels, turnover, stability, and use of agency staff and quality, not only for licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and registered nurses (RNs), but also for nurse aides (NAs). ..

..This investigation examines use of agency staff and quality of care. Our results will have implications for policy makers, practitioners, and consumers. ..

..This information will further our development of a standardized incident reporting mechanism recommended by the Institute of Medicine and others. ..

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..Lastly, a group intervention for HIV affected children will be piloted to generate preliminary data for a larger, R01 study designed to prevent poor outcomes in HlV-affected children. ..

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..We believe the results of our work will improve patient safety and the overall quality of pharmacotherapy. We also believe that the results of our study will be applicabe to other healthcare systems ..

..The results of these studies, whether positive or negative, should contribute to the data base on which to formulate more specific public health recommendations with respect to decreasing risk of developing CHD. ..

..In addition, we will build and bolster educational tools and programs to assist with therapeutics and HIT. ..

..However the treatment duration will be increased to a total of 10 sessions. ..

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..Once identified, differences in the evaluative process undergone by black and white patients will be assessed, and the association between provider and patient race on receipt of surgery will be tested. ..

..The urgent need for interdisciplinary social- science based training to address major contemporary public health problems has been well documented. The doctoral training program we propose is in direct response to that need. ..

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..Funds from this award are necessary to generate the preliminary data for a larger study, to untangle the septic response from the systemic inflammatory response. ..

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..Phase III will continue Phase II programs with the addition of the creation of new project funding streams and increased collaborations and partnerships to enhance potential long-term sustainability of the network ..

..This project will furnish relevant, up-to-date to enhance policy planning, practice management and medical education. ..

..Moreover, I will be fully equipped to conduct holistic studies of the news media as a key tool for chronic disease prevention - from news production to audience processing. ..

..The investigators will test the coding on samples from the identified datasets. The study findings will be described in articles to be published in peer-reviewed publications. ..

..Development of rapid and precise breakpoint specific assays and methylation assays may facilitate patient analysis and clinical diagnosis. ..

..The investigators state that data derived from the proposed studies could contribute to the database on which to formulate more specific public health recommendations regarding the variables described. ..