Journal Entry about Health Advocacy
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Responsive Journal 3
Advocacy
Please answer the following questions as your reflective journaling about advocacy.
Please write in complete sentences and with proper grammar. Please number your responses to correspond with the question. Either copy the question first and then answer or lead your responses by repeating the question in some way, such as “Reflecting on the role of a health advocate, being impartial means…..” Do not start your answers with “Yes, because….”
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- Reflecting on the role of a health advocate, as discussed in your introduction to advocacy, what does it mean to be impartial? Your answer should include carefully analyzed concepts. Think about getting a call from a family member who wants to know the pros and cons of an issue.
Being a health advocate entails taking a public position in favor of actions to reduce or eliminate risks to health. Being impartial as a health advocate means that you cannot give your opinions, judgments, or decisions only state facts. In terms of getting a call from a family member who wants to know the pros and cons of an issue, one might feel some bias in what they state such as …..
- If you only had 2 minutes to prepare an elevator speech about vaccines, what would you include as your key 2-3 sentences? Remember, these should be fact-based.
If I had 2 minutes to prepare an elevator speech about vaccines it would include:
- How is advocacy an important component in effecting policy change? Can it be effective in creating change?
- Reflecting on discussing health topics in a group setting, during our APHA advocacy issues blogging, which key health topic is of particular interest to you? (It does not have to be the one that you chose as a group. If you were absent that day, please choose a topic of individual importance and complete the blog.) https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issuesWhat are two facts about your “favorite” APHA topic would you state as an advocate?
- What is one key supporting organization that you could consult for advocacy help on your APHA topic? (Do a little research here. This should be an organization that specifically focuses on this topic.)
- If you could have a career in advocacy, which health topic are you interested in having growing expertise?
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